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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811398803321

Autore

Ibn Ezra Abraham ben Meïr <1092-1167.>

Titolo

The Book of Reasons [[electronic resource] ] : a parallel Hebrew-English critical edition of the two versions of the text / / Abraham Ibn Ezra ; edited, translated, and annotated by Shlomo Sela

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, c2007

ISBN

1-281-92646-9

9786611926465

90-474-2157-4

9789004157644

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (412 p.)

Collana

Études sur le judaïsme médiéval, , 0169-815X ; ; t. 35

Altri autori (Persone)

SelaShlomo

Disciplina

133.5/946

Soggetti

Jewish astrology

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 index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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).