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Abraham Ibn Ezra The Book of Reasons: A Parallel Hebrew-English Critical Edition of the Two Versions of the Text
by Ibn Ezra, Abraham ben Meïr (author); Shlomo Sela (editor & translator)
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Leiden: Brill, 2007. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. Octavo. viii, (4), 398pp. Index, bibliography and glossary. Text in English and Hebrew. Green buckram lettered in white. A fine, as new copy.
From the Middle Ages until the present, the development of astrology among Jews was associated mainly with the name of Abraham Ibn Ezra (1089-1167). His scientific corpus deals with mathematics, astronomy, scientific instruments and tools, and the Jewish calendar; but especially with astrology. This volume is the first product of a larger enterprise-a scientific edition of all twelve Ibn Ezra's astrological treatises-and offers a critical Hebrew text of the two versions of Ibn Ezra's Sefer ha-Te'amim, the Book of Reasons, accompanied by an annotated translation and commentary. The two treatises presented here were designed by Ibn Ezra to offer "reasons", "explanations", or "meanings" of the raw astrological concepts formulated in the introduction to astrology that Ibn Ezra entitled Reshit Hokhmah (Beginning of Wisdom). (Publisher)
Contents: Pt. 1. First version of the Book of Reasons by Abraham Ibn Ezra -- pt. 2. Notes to the first version of the Book of Reasons -- pt. 3. Second version of the Book of Reasons by Abraham Ibn Ezra -- pt. 4. Notes to the second version of the Book of Reasons -- pt. 5. Appendixes (OCLC)
Volume 35 in the Brill series "Etudes sur la Judaisme Medieval." (EJM).
From the Middle Ages until the present, the development of astrology among Jews was associated mainly with the name of Abraham Ibn Ezra (1089-1167). His scientific corpus deals with mathematics, astronomy, scientific instruments and tools, and the Jewish calendar; but especially with astrology. This volume is the first product of a larger enterprise-a scientific edition of all twelve Ibn Ezra's astrological treatises-and offers a critical Hebrew text of the two versions of Ibn Ezra's Sefer ha-Te'amim, the Book of Reasons, accompanied by an annotated translation and commentary. The two treatises presented here were designed by Ibn Ezra to offer "reasons", "explanations", or "meanings" of the raw astrological concepts formulated in the introduction to astrology that Ibn Ezra entitled Reshit Hokhmah (Beginning of Wisdom). (Publisher)
Contents: Pt. 1. First version of the Book of Reasons by Abraham Ibn Ezra -- pt. 2. Notes to the first version of the Book of Reasons -- pt. 3. Second version of the Book of Reasons by Abraham Ibn Ezra -- pt. 4. Notes to the second version of the Book of Reasons -- pt. 5. Appendixes (OCLC)
Volume 35 in the Brill series "Etudes sur la Judaisme Medieval." (EJM).
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- Title
- Abraham Ibn Ezra The Book of Reasons: A Parallel Hebrew-English Critical Edition of the Two Versions of the Text
- Author
- Ibn Ezra, Abraham ben Meïr (author); Shlomo Sela (editor & translator)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- ISBN 10
- 9004157646
- ISBN 13
- 9789004157644
- Publisher
- Brill
- Place of Publication
- Leiden
- Date Published
- 2007
- LCCN
- 2007036358
- Keywords
- Jewish astrology, history of astronomy
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