Practices of Commentary: Medieval Traditions and Transmissions

Published by ARC Humanities Press 2023

Practices of Commentary

Medieval Traditions and Transmissions

Edited by: Amanda Goodman , Suzanne Conklin Akbari and Carol Symes

In the series The medieval globe

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781802701593

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About this book

By bringing together premodern researchers working on commentary traditions across disciplines, language groups, cultures, and discourses, this volume offers a global account of commentary that derives its strength from the intensely local focus of each tradition.

Author / Editor information

Goodman Amanda :

Amanda Goodman is an assistant professor in the departments for the Study of Religion and East Asian Studies, University of Toronto. Her research focuses on the transmission and spread of Buddhist tantra in the "borderland" regions between China and Tibet during the eighth to twelfth centuries.

Akbari Suzanne Conklin :

Suzanne Conklin Akbari is Professor of Medieval Studies at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton. Her research has traced the relationship between sight and knowledge in poetic texts, challenged the notion of medieval European literature’s insularity, and highlighted the influence of Arabic culture.

Symes Carol :

Carol Symes is the founding Executive Editor of The Medieval Globe. She is a University Scholar and Professor of History at the University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign, where she studies the production of knowledge in, and about, the medieval world.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	v
List of Illustrations Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Introduction: Commentary at the Crossroads Suzanne Conklin Akbari and Amanda Goodman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Graeco-Roman Commentary beyond Alexandria: Problems and Prospects Lorenza Bennardo and Kenneth W. Yu Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
From Plane to Space: The Narrative Arc of a Byzantine Mathematical Manual Roland Betancourt Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	29
Periodization in the Sunni Qur’an Commentary Tradition: A Chronological History of a Genre Walid Ahmad Saleh Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	49
On the Practice of Autocommentary in Sanskrit Sources Isabelle Ratié Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	65
Oral Commentaries and Scholarly Debates in Sanskrit Philosophy Elisa Freschi, Jonathan Peterson and Ajay Rao Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	91
On the Nature of Chinese Buddhist Scriptural Exegesis: Observations on the Commentaries of Chengguan, Woncheuk, and Other Sui-Tang Exegetes Fedde M. De Vries Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	107
The Mise-en-Page of a Sino-Tibetan Dunhuang Manuscript: Yuanhui’s Commentary on the Laṅkāvatārasūtra Meghan Howard Masang and Amanda Goodman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	139
Commentary and Multilingualism in the Ottoman Reception of Texts: Three Perspectives Aslihan Gürbüzel, Sooyong Kim and Jeannie Miller Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	171
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	195

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Language: English
Publisher: ARC Humanities Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 211
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 10
- Coloured Illustrations: 15
- Tables: 2
Keywords: Graeco-Roman; Byzantine; Sunni; Sanskrit; Buddhist exegesis; Ottoman; Sino-Tibetan

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Published: August 31, 2023
ISBN: 9781802701593