Article ID: CBB398148576

On fluidity of the textual transmission in Abraham bar Hiyya’s Ḥibbur ha-Meshiḥah ve-ha-Tishboret (2023)

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We examine one of the well-known mathematical works of Abraham bar Ḥiyya: Ḥibbur ha-Meshiḥah ve-ha-Tishboret, written between 1116 and 1145, which is one of the first extant mathematical manuscripts in Hebrew. In the secondary literature about this work, two main theses have been presented: the first is that one Urtext exists; the second is that two recensions were written—a shorter, more practical one, and a longer, more scientific one. Critically comparing the eight known copies of the Ḥibbur, we show that contrary to these two theses, one should adopt a fluid model of textual transmission for the various manuscripts of the Ḥibbur, because neither of these two theses can account fully for the changes among the various manuscripts. We hence offer to concentrate on the typology of the variations among the various manuscripts, dealing with macro-changes (such as omissions or additions of proofs, additional appendices or a reorganization of the text itself), and micro-changes (such as textual and pictorial variants).

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Authors & Contributors
Goldstein, Bernard R.
Lévy, Tony
Nothaft, C. Philipp E.
Sela, Shlomo
Zonta, Mauro
Aradi, Naomi
Journals
Aleph: Historical Studies in Science and Judaism
Centaurus: International Magazine of the History of Mathematics, Science, and Technology
Ambix: Journal of the Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry
History and Philosophy of Logic
Journal for the History of Astronomy
Suhayl: Journal for the History of the Exact and Natural Sciences in Islamic Civilisation
Publishers
Cambridge University Press
Brepols Publishers
Brill
Springer International Publishing
Concepts
Hebrew language
Primary literature (historical sources)
Translations
Mathematics
Arabic language
Astronomy
People
Ḥiyya, Abraham Bar
Euclid
Abner, of Burgos
al-Fārābī, Abū Naṣr Muḥammd ibn Muḥammad
Archimedes
Heron of Alexandria; Hero of Alexandria
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Medieval
14th century
12th century
13th century
15th century
16th century
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Europe
Italy
Spain
Barcelona (Spain)
Toledo (Spain)
Middle and Near East
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John Rylands Univeristy Library of Manchester
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