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

Author
Ibn Ezra, Abraham ben Meir, 1092-1167 [Browse]
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Book
Language
English
Εdition
1st ed.
Published/​Created
Leiden ; Boston : Brill, c2007.
Description
1 online resource (412 p.)

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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).
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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English
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.
ISBN
  • 1-281-92646-9
  • 9786611926465
  • 90-474-2157-4
OCLC
  • 536052349
  • 173243723
Doi
  • 10.1163/ej.9789004157644.i-400
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