Book ID: CBB000410945

Abraham Ibn Ezra and the Rise of Medieval Hebrew Science (2003)

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Sela, Shlomo (Author)


Brill


Publication Date: 2003
Physical Details: xii + 422 pp.; appendices; notes; bib.; index
Language: English

Description Focus is on Ezra's astrological and astronomical work and how it relates to his religious notions.


Citation URI
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Authors & Contributors
Violet Moller
Zieme, Stefan
María José Parra Pérez
Americo, Maria
Bistué, Belén
Sheynin, Hayim Y.
Journals
Aleph: Historical Studies in Science and Judaism
Journal for the History of Astronomy
Suhayl: Journal for the History of the Exact and Natural Sciences in Islamic Civilisation
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Sciamvs: Sources and Commentaries in Exact Sciences
Nei Menggu Shifan Daxue Xuebao (Ziran Kexue Ban)
Publishers
MIT Press
McGill-Queen's University Press
Anchor
New York University
Concepts
Transmission of texts
Jewish civilization and culture
Astronomy
Translations
Cross-cultural interaction; cultural influence
Transmission of ideas
People
Ptolemy
Abraham Ben Ezra
Copernicus, Nicolaus
Moses Almosnino of Salonica
Abū-l-Qāsim Aḥmad Ibn al-Ṣaffār
Amico, Giovanni Battista
Time Periods
Medieval
Renaissance
Ancient
Ming dynasty (China, 1368-1644)
16th century
12th century
Places
Rome (Italy)
Salerno (Italy)
Córdoba (Spain)
Middle and Near East
Toledo (Spain)
Baghdad (Iraq)
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