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* 26 books of [Galen's] work were translated into Syriac as early as the sixth century AD by Sergius of Resh' Aina (Ra's al-Ain). Sergius was a Christian priest who studied medicine in Alexandria and worked in Mesopotamia, dying in Constantinople in about AD 532 [33].
 
* 26 books of [Galen's] work were translated into Syriac as early as the sixth century AD by Sergius of Resh' Aina (Ra's al-Ain). Sergius was a Christian priest who studied medicine in Alexandria and worked in Mesopotamia, dying in Constantinople in about AD 532 [33].
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=== Bibliography ===
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* [http://chspam.vjf.cnrs.fr/Personnel/Hugonnard.htm Henri Hugonnard-Roche], ''Aux origines de l'exégèse orientale de la logique d'Aristote: Sergius de Resh'aina († 536), médecin et philosophe'', dans ''Journal Asiatique'', 277 (1989) pp. 1-17.

Revision as of 17:12, 1 August 2006

Hearsay from the internet

  • Dionysius the Areopagite was translated from Greek to Syriac by Sergius of Resh'aina.
  • d. 536 AD.
  • 26 books of [Galen's] work were translated into Syriac as early as the sixth century AD by Sergius of Resh' Aina (Ra's al-Ain). Sergius was a Christian priest who studied medicine in Alexandria and worked in Mesopotamia, dying in Constantinople in about AD 532 [33].

Bibliography

  • Henri Hugonnard-Roche, Aux origines de l'exégèse orientale de la logique d'Aristote: Sergius de Resh'aina († 536), médecin et philosophe, dans Journal Asiatique, 277 (1989) pp. 1-17.