Among Christian scholars who especially distinguished themselves in the 10th/11th century, Islamic Baghdad was Yahya Ibn’ Adi (d.974), Ibn Zur’ah (d.1008), Ibn al-Khammar (d.1017), and Abu’ Ali al-Samh (d.1027). Some of these Christian translators were no longer relying on the Caliphs or other patrons of learning but often found their means of living, which prolonged their academic interest. Consequently, some of them were no mere translators anymore but genuine scholars. The chief architect among them was Yahya Ibn’ Adi. He was not only the leader of his group but was also dubbed the best Christian translator, logician, and theologian of his times. This is justified, in addition, by his ample productivity in those fields of inquiry. Many such works have been used by contemporary and later writers and have also reached us today. Hence we consider that it is in these aspects that his distinctive contributions to scholarship lie, and therefore he deserves more serious study. Thus, this qualitative study which applies the conceptual content analysis method seeks to make an analytical study of Yahya Ibn’ Adi’s theory of psychotherapy as reflected in his major work on ethics, Tahdhib al-Akhlaq (The Refinement of Character).

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M. N. Omar and Z. A. Rahman, “Yahya Ibn ‘Adi on psychotherapy,” International Journal of Applied and Physical Sciences, vol. 1, no. 3, pp. 61-66, 2015.