The present volume makes available for the first time the earliest translation of Aristotle into a Semitic language. It will open the way to a fuller understanding of the transformation of Greek logic in Syriac and Arabic.

Daniel King, Ph.D. (2006) in Syriac Studies, is Lecturer in Semitic Languages at Cardiff University. He has published in Syriac Philosophy and Patristics, especially translations from Greek, including The Syriac Versions of the Writings of Cyril of Alexandria (Peeters, 2008)