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Eliezer Paul Kraus, 11 December 1904 – 10 or 12 October 1944, was a Jewish Arabist born in Prague. He is the author of a number of seminal works on early Arabic philosophy , with a special focus on Arabic alchemy and chemistry .
The content, produced by Paul Kraus and other scholars, includes notes, letters, drafts, offprints, transcriptions, translations, bibliographies, and handwritten copies of manuscripts. It ranges in date from 1913-1996, with the bulk dating from 1931-1943 and a large amount of undated material.
Paul Kraus (1904-1944) was a many-talented historian of medieval Arabie scienee who wrote an infiuential work on J8bir ibn I,Iayyan (the Latin «Geber») and the medieval alchemieal tradition, two volumes of
Holmyard, Erich John: The Arabic works of Jābir Ibn Ḥayyān ed. with translations into English and critical notes. 1,1. Arabic Texts. Paris: ?, 1928. Rez.: P. Kraus: Der Islam 19 (1931), 285-289; Jābir ibn Ḥayyān. Texts and Studies. Collected and Reprinted. I. Ed. Fuat Sezgin. Frankfurt: IGAIW, 2002.
Topics covered include Arabic literature, Islamic philosophy, Arab medicine, and Muslim scholarship. The offprints were originally collected by Paul Kraus, an Arabist born in Praugue in 1904. Kraus was educated in Europe and spent several years in Cairo and the Middle East before his death in 1944.
30 lip 2024 · Topics covered include Arabic literature, Islamic philosophy, Arab medicine, and Muslim scholarship. The offprints were originally collected by Paul Kraus, an Arabist born in Prauge in 1904. Kraus was educated in Europe and spent several years in Cairo and the Middle East before his death in 1944.
1 gru 1999 · The dramatic nature of Kraus's life, whieh ended in his suicide, reveals the high aft'eetive ties that characterized Sarton's circle of Arabists.
