This comprehensive bibliography covers more than 9500 primary and secondary sources for the study of Islamic Philosophy. The Alphabetical List (volume I) includes all known publications in western and non-western languages from the 15th century to the present, including Greek and Syriac sources. The Index (volume 2) covers information on authors, texts, translations and commentaries, and philosophical terms and concepts.
This bibliography shows the importance of Islamic thought for Jewish and medieval Latin scholasticism and its influence on modern European and Islamic thought. It is prefaced by an essay on the history and the significance of the study of Islamic philosophy.
"A reliable bibliography is one of the basic elements for every serious library".
All volumes of the print edition will become available in individual e-books:9789004534032 (volume 1) - 9789004534049 (volume 2).
Hans Daiber is holder of the chair of Oriental Philology at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. He has published widely on Islamic philosophy, theology, the Greek heritage in Islam, the history of Arabic literature and its transmission in Arabic manuscripts.
This bibliography is an essential tool for historians, theologians and philologists studying Islamic, Greek and Jewish thought, Arabic and Islamic scholars, medievalists and all those interested in philosophy and the history of science.