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de Lagarde, Paul. Geoponicon: Text and Commentary
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| Title: | Geoponicon: Text and Commentary | | Series: | Analecta Gorgiana 85 | | Availability: | In Print | | Publisher: | Gorgias Press |
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| Edited by Paul de Lagarde | | ISBN: | 978-1-60724-004-4 | | Availability: | In Print | | Publication Date: | 1/2010 | | Language: | Syriac & Latin | | Format: | Paperback, Black, 6 x 9 in | | Pages: | 128 |
Lagarde’s edition of the British Museum manuscript of an abridged version of the Geoponica is here made available again for the use of scholars and interested historians. Originally composed by Vindonius Anatolius of Beirut, a fourth-century Greek author, the Geoponica is an example of early natural science, a collection of agricultural tracts. Published here with Lagarde’s Latin commentary on the material from his Gesammelte Abhandlungen, this obscure and difficult text is now available for the first time with the insightful comments of the linguist who edited the Syriac text, this small volume is necessary for serious consideration of the Syriac version of this document. Originally published in Greek, the Geoponica was translated into several languages in antiquity and remains an exemplar of the Syriac interest in the scientific investigations of the day.
Paul Anton de Lagarde (born Paul Boetticher, 1827-1891) was a biblical scholar and student of ancient languages. Having studied at Berlin, Halle, London, and Paris, he had a wide exposure to international thought. He eventually taught at Göttingen. Despite his participation in the anti-Semitism of his day, he was a gifted student of Semitic languages. His voluminous linguistic works are still recognized for their insights into oriental languages. He made important contributions to the study of Syriac, Aramaic, Arabic, Hebrew, and Coptic, as well as Greek and Latin.
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