Ibn Buṭlān (Author) Ibn Buṭlān (d. 460/1068) was a Christian physician and scholar from Baghdad.Philip F. Kennedy (Edited and Translated by) Philip F. Kennedy is Professor of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies and Comparative Literature at New York University, and General Editor of the Library of Arabic Literature. He is the author of Recognition in the Arabic Narrative Tradition.Jeremy Farrell (Edited and Translated by) Jeremy Farrell holds a Ph.D. from Emory University. His publications analyze diverse aspects of pre-modern Islamic society, including sarcastic speech acts, transgressive modes of piety, and the formation of cooperative networks.

"[Doctors' Dinner Party] will undoubtedly fill out what otherwise might have been a severely incomplete picture of Abbasid society." (Al-Ahram Weekly) "Thought-provoking in our modern-day culture of medicine ... While The Doctors' Dinner Party takes place in a setting far removed from ours in time and place, we can learn about the continuities and discontinuities in medicine over time." (Family Medicine) "The translators pen their own generous invitation, summoning the contemporary reader to a banquet of literature and learning from one thousand years ago. ... An outstanding work that makes medieval medical discussion and classical Arabic poetry feel fresh and readable." (Translation Review)

Ibn Buṭlān (Author) Ibn Buṭlān (d. 460/1068) was a Christian physician and scholar from Baghdad.Philip F. Kennedy (Edited and Translated by) Philip F. Kennedy is Professor of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies and Comparative Literature at New York University, and General Editor of the Library of Arabic Literature. He is the author of Recognition in the Arabic Narrative Tradition.Jeremy Farrell (Edited and Translated by) Jeremy Farrell holds a Ph.D. from Emory University. His publications analyze diverse aspects of pre-modern Islamic society, including sarcastic speech acts, transgressive modes of piety, and the formation of cooperative networks.

"[Doctors' Dinner Party] will undoubtedly fill out what otherwise might have been a severely incomplete picture of Abbasid society." (Al-Ahram Weekly) "Thought-provoking in our modern-day culture of medicine ... While The Doctors' Dinner Party takes place in a setting far removed from ours in time and place, we can learn about the continuities and discontinuities in medicine over time." (Family Medicine) "The translators pen their own generous invitation, summoning the contemporary reader to a banquet of literature and learning from one thousand years ago. ... An outstanding work that makes medieval medical discussion and classical Arabic poetry feel fresh and readable." (Translation Review)

Ibn Buṭlān (Author) Ibn Buṭlān (d. 460/1068) was a Christian physician and scholar from Baghdad.Philip F. Kennedy (Edited and Translated by) Philip F. Kennedy is Professor of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies and Comparative Literature at New York University, and General Editor of the Library of Arabic Literature. He is the author of Recognition in the Arabic Narrative Tradition.Jeremy Farrell (Edited and Translated by) Jeremy Farrell holds a Ph.D. from Emory University. His publications analyze diverse aspects of pre-modern Islamic society, including sarcastic speech acts, transgressive modes of piety, and the formation of cooperative networks.

"[Doctors' Dinner Party] will undoubtedly fill out what otherwise might have been a severely incomplete picture of Abbasid society." (Al-Ahram Weekly) "Thought-provoking in our modern-day culture of medicine ... While The Doctors' Dinner Party takes place in a setting far removed from ours in time and place, we can learn about the continuities and discontinuities in medicine over time." (Family Medicine) "The translators pen their own generous invitation, summoning the contemporary reader to a banquet of literature and learning from one thousand years ago. ... An outstanding work that makes medieval medical discussion and classical Arabic poetry feel fresh and readable." (Translation Review)