Translation Activities. From Pre-Islamic Era to the End of Umayyad Period Cover Image

İslam Öncesi Dönemden Emevi Döneminin Sonuna Kadar Tercüme Faaliyetleri
Translation Activities. From Pre-Islamic Era to the End of Umayyad Period

Author(s): Fatma Betül Aslan
Subject(s): Philosophy, Language and Literature Studies, Literary Texts, Theology and Religion, Islam studies
Published by: Anadolu İlahiyat Akademisi
Keywords: Umayyad Period; translation; Islam; philosophy; cultural interaction;

Summary/Abstract: Sharing knowledge is provided by the translations activities which are the results of interactions of nations from past to present, this shared knowledge has created a large accumulation of culture by transferring from one generation to another. Works of philosophy logic, medicine, and astrology, which have been introduced to Islamic world by translation activities has enriched Arabic culture and revealed a great cultural heritage. Translation activities has emerged because of needs in the beginning of the Islamic era. Then, in the Umayyad period seeds of translation movement has planted thanks to interest of Umayad Caliphs in science. These movements started as personal efforts but then sparked in to summit in Abbasid period creating the civilization which influenced the world.

  • Issue Year: 2013
  • Issue No: 27
  • Page Range: 165-176
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Turkish