LEADER 02861oam 22004812 450 001 9910828447403321 005 20231121161521.0 010 $a1-80034-027-3 010 $a1-909821-35-7 035 $a(CKB)4100000005599785 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9781909821354 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL5485130 035 $a(OCoLC)1048793828 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0002316248 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5485130 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000005599785 100 $a20200611d2004|||| uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aMeshal Haqadmoni $efables from the distant past : a parallel Hebrew-English text /$fIsaac ibn Saula ; edited and translated by Raphael Loewe = [Sefer Meshal ha-k?admoni] / le-R. Yitsh?ak? ben Shelomoh n. Sahulah ; hehediro v?e-tirgemo Anglit Refa?el ha-Lev?i Loev?e] 210 1$aPortland, OR :$cLittman Library of Jewish Civilization,$d2004. 215 $a1 online resource (2 volumes (cxxxi, 816 pages)) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 225 1 $aLiverpool scholarship online 311 0 $a1-874774-56-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright; Publisher's Note; The Illustrations; Preface; Contents; List of Abbreviations; Meshal Haqadmoni: Fables from the Distant Past; Dedication; Prologue; Introduction; Preface to the First Part; Part I: On Wisdom; Part II: On Penitence; Part III: On Sound Counsel; Part IV: On Humility; Part V: On Reverence; Colophons; Appendices; Appendix 1: Astronomical Diagrams; Appendix 2: Supplementary Notes to the Poem; Appendix 3: Numbered Notes to the Illustrations; Bibliography; Index of Citations; Index of Key Hebrew Terms; Index of Subjects 330 $aA presentation of the intellectual and social universe of the Sephardi Jewish world of thirteenth-century Spain seen through moralistic animal fables in Hebrew, translated into English as rhymed couplets. The fables, which comprise moral debates rich in contemporary satire, also include disquisitions on such subjects as time, the soul, the physical sciences and medicine, astronomy, and astrology, suffused throughout with traditional Jewish law and lore. With full explanatory notes and scholarly apparatus and complete sets of illustrations from the Rothschild manuscript and the 1547 Venice edition. 410 0$aLiverpool scholarship online. 517 3 $aSefer Meshal ha-k?admoni 606 $aFables, Hebrew 615 0$aFables, Hebrew. 676 $a398.2/089/924 700 $aSahula$b Isaac ben Solomon$factive 13th century,$0929853 702 $aLoewe$b Raphael 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910828447403321 996 $aMeshal Haqadmoni$93916091 997 $aUNINA