Abraham Ibn Ezra, the Book of the World

Abraham Ibn Ezra, the Book of the World
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 368
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ISBN-10 : 9789004179141
ISBN-13 : 9004179143
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Book Synopsis Abraham Ibn Ezra, the Book of the World by : Avraham ben Meʼir Ibn ʻEzra

Download or read book Abraham Ibn Ezra, the Book of the World written by Avraham ben Meʼir Ibn ʻEzra and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2010 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present volume offers the first critical edition of the Hebrew text of the two versions of Ibn Ezra s Book of the World, accompanied by an English translation and a commentary. These twin treatises represent the first Hebrew work, unique in medieval Jewish science, to discuss the theories and techniques of historical and meteorological astrology that had accumulated from Antiquity to Ibn Ezra s time, on the basis of Greek, Hindu, Persian, and Arabic sources. This volume also incorporates the first critical edition, translated and annotated, of M sh Þall h s Book on Eclipses, a work dealing with mundane astrology whose Hebrew translation was ascribed to Ibn Ezra, as well as a study of three brief texts in which Ibn Ezra conveyed his own opinion about mundane astrology.


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