Shabbatai Donnolo's Sefer ḥakhmoni [[electronic resource] ] : introduction, critical text, and annotated English translation / / by Piergabriele Mancuso

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910459717003321
• Autore: Mancuso Piergabriele <1975->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2010
• ISBN: 1-282-94924-1; 9786612949241; 90-04-18110-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (428 p.)
• Collana: Studies in Jewish history and culture, , 1568-5004 ; ; v. 27
• Disciplina: 296.1/6
• Soggetti: Cabala; Jewish astrology; Jewish cosmology; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Preliminary Material / P. Mancuso -- Historical Introduction / P. Mancuso -- Donnolo’s \'Library\' / P. Mancuso -- Shabbatai Donnolo and Sefer Yeṣirah / P. Mancuso -- The Earliest Commentaries on Sefer Yeṣirah / P. Mancuso -- Donnolo’s Sefer Ḥakhmoni: A Neoplatonic Interpretation of Sefer Yeṣirah / P. Mancuso -- The Manuscripts / P. Mancuso -- The Manuscript Tradition / P. Mancuso -- Stemma Codicum / P. Mancuso -- Principles Of Edition: Organisation Of The Text And The Apparatus Criticus / P. Mancuso -- Hebrew Text / P. Mancuso -- Notes To The Critical Text / P. Mancuso -- Commentary on the Book of Formation called Sefer Ḥakhmoni / P. Mancuso -- Commentary On Let Us Make Man In Our Image After Our Likeness (Genesis 1:26 ) / P. Mancuso -- Introduction To The Commentary On The Book Of Formation / P. Mancuso -- Bibliography / P. Mancuso -- Index Of Names / P. Mancuso -- Index Of Names Of Places / P. Mancuso -- Index Of Books And Works Titles / P. Mancuso.
• Sommario/riassunto: Sefer Hakhmoni by the 10th-century Jewish polymath Shabbatai Donnolo is one of the first texts written in Hebrew in medieval Europe ; and one of the most important documents of the “Hebrew Renaissance” of Byzantine Jewry in southern Italy between the 9th and the 11th centuries. Written as a commentary on Sefer Yeîirah (Book of Formation, an anonymous text probably written in Palestine between the Third and the 6th centuries), Sefer Hakhmoni is in fact a much more complex work, consisting of biblical exegesis, astrology, medicine, a detailed analysis of the neo-Platonic idea of melothesia , and the correspondence between the elements of the microcosm and macrocosm. This volume offers the critical text, an annotated English translation, and a comprehensive introduction to Donnolo and his works.