عنوان
پدید آورنده
موضوع
رده
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
Number
ALei1124
LANGUAGE OF THE ITEM
.Language of Text, Soundtrack etc
انگلیسی
TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
Asclepius - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
General Material Designation
[Article]
First Statement of Responsibility
Strohmaier, Gotthard
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Leiden
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Brill
GENERAL NOTES
Text of Note
(339 words)
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
Asclepius (Asqalībiyūs or Asqulābiyūs) was the most prominent god of healing in Greek and Roman mythology; his attribute, a staff with a serpent coiled around it, became the emblem of medicine in modern times. In a commentary on the Hippocratic oath, ascribed to Galen and translated into Arabic, Asclepius is seen as a mortal who was raised to heaven in a column of fire. A note by the Nestorian translator Ḥunayn b. Isḥāq (d. 260/873) and preserved by Ibn Abī Uṣaybiʿa (d. 668/1270) explains the pagan myth as
SET
Title
Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
International Standard Serial Number
9789004356665
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Islam.
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Strohmaier, Gotthard
ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Electronic name
مطالعه متن کتاب [Article]
275578
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