Hunayn bin Ishaq (English spelling)

Japanese: フナイン・ブン・イスハーク(英語表記)Ḥunayn b.Isḥāq
Hunayn bin Ishaq (English spelling)
808‐873
Johannitius, a Nestorian physician and translator. Born in Hira on the Euphrates River, the son of a pharmacist, he studied medicine under Ibn Masawayh in Baghdad, learned the methods of textual criticism developed in Alexandria, and then studied Arabic philology in Basra. Returning to Baghdad, he translated Galen's works for Jibra'il bin Bukhtish, which was highly praised and introduced him to the Abbasid caliph Ma'mun.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
808‐873
ネストリウス派の医者,翻訳者。ラテン名ヨハンニティウスJohannitius。ユーフラテス河畔のヒーラに薬剤師の息子として生まれ,バグダードでイブン・マーサワイフに医学を学んだ後,アレクサンドリアで発展した文献批判学の方法を身につけ,次いでバスラでアラビア言語学を修めた。バグダードに帰ってジブラーイール・ブン・ブフティシューのためにガレノスの翻訳に従事し大いに認められ,アッバース朝カリフ,マームーンに紹介された。

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