dc.contributor.author
Forster, Regula
dc.date.accessioned
2018-06-08T10:56:17Z
dc.date.available
2017-05-17T10:11:29.379Z
dc.identifier.uri
https://refubium.fu-berlin.de/handle/fub188/21362
dc.identifier.uri
http://dx.doi.org/10.17169/refubium-24656
dc.description.abstract
Arabo-Islamic alchemy enjoyed considerable popularity until well into the 19th
and 20th centuries. It can be considered both as a predecessor of modern
chemistry and as a natural philosophy whose purpose is to explain the world.
Yet one of the unresolved questions concerning alchemy is how one was supposed
to learn it, since it was an art that was meant to be kept secret and only
revealed to a few select individuals. While the practicalities of the learning
experience remain obscure, it is noteworthy that Arabic alchemical literature
often makes use of the literary form of the dialogue, a genre strongly
associated with teaching and learning. This paper focuses on three Arabic
dialogues on alchemy; namely, Masāʼil Khālid li-Maryānus al-rāhib (“Khālid’s
questions to the monk Maryānus”), Kitāb Mihrārīs al-ḥakīm (“The book of the
wise Mihrārīs”) and Risālat al-ḥakīm Qaydarūs (“The epistle of the wise
Qaydarūs”), and discusses how the transfer of secret knowledge is represented.
I will focus on the literary frames of these texts, their mise-enscéne, the
master-disciple relation as represented within them, and the question of
interaction between unequal partners.
en
dc.rights.uri
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
dc.subject
Arabic prose literature
dc.subject
Dialogue (literary form)
dc.subject
Khālid ibn Yazīd
dc.subject
Kitāb al-Dhahab
dc.subject
Kitāb Mihrārīs al-ḥakīm
dc.subject
Knowledge transfer
dc.subject
Literary frame
dc.subject
Masā’il Khālid li-Maryānus al-rāhib
dc.subject
Master and disciple
dc.subject
Risālat al-ḥakīm Qaydarūs
dc.subject
Robert of Ches
dc.subject.ddc
300 Sozialwissenschaften
dc.title
The Transmission of Secret Knowledge
dc.type
Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
dcterms.bibliographicCitation
Al-Qanṭara. - 37 (2016), 2, S. 399-422
dc.title.subtitle
Three Arabic Dialogues on Alchemy
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.doi
10.3989/alqantara.2016.013
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.url
http://dx.doi.org/10.3989/alqantara.2016.013
refubium.affiliation
Geschichts- und Kulturwissenschaften
de
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FUDOCS_document_000000027011
refubium.note.author
Der Artikel wurde in einer reinen Open-Access-Zeitschrift publiziert.
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no
refubium.mycore.derivateId
FUDOCS_derivate_000000008198
dcterms.accessRights.openaire
open access