The libro de los buenos proverbios, a key work in the medieval didactic tradition, is presented here for the first time in a western translation. The proverbs were assembled by the great ninth-century physician, translator, and author, Hunain ibn ...
Lamoreaux's book makes it easier for historians to understand, navigate, and consult one of ?unayn's most important works. Published in the Eastern Christian Texts Series by Brigham Young University Press, this book will be a boon for Syriacists, Arabists, Classicists and to intellectual and medical historians. -- "Intellectual History of the Islamicate World"
John C. Lamoreaux is associate professor of religious studies at Southern Methodist University and the author of several books.