Article ID: CBB438271084

A Non-Linear Transmission of Euclid's Elements in a Medieval Hebrew Calendrical Treatise (2020)

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In this article I present the unique partial transmission of Euclid's Elements in the medieval Hebrew calendrical treatise Yesod 'Olam (The Foundation of the World), which was composed by Isaac Israeli in 14th-century Toledo. After a short introduction of Yesod 'Olam, I discuss the role of mathematics, as understood by Israeli, in the study of astronomy and the Jewish calendar. I then provide a mapping of the Elements found in Yesod 'Olam and demonstrate Israeli's peculiar rendition of this seminal Greek work through four examples. Finally, I show that Israeli's transmission of the Elements is lexically independent of earlier known Hebrew versions of the text.

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Authors & Contributors
Elior, Ofer
Busard, H. L. L.
De Young, Gregg
Chabás, José
Brentjes, Sonja
Calvo, Emilia
Journals
Suhayl: Journal for the History of the Exact and Natural Sciences in Islamic Civilisation
Arabic Sciences and Philosophy
Aleph: Historical Studies in Science and Judaism
Archive for History of Exact Sciences
Centaurus: International Magazine of the History of Mathematics, Science, and Technology
Historia Mathematica
Publishers
Franz Steiner Verlag
Cambridge University Press
Anchor
Brill
SISMEL edizioni del Galluzzo
Concepts
Transmission of texts
Mathematics
Arab/Islamic world, civilization and culture
Translations
Geometry
Astronomy
People
Euclid
Oresme, Nicole
Ibn Maṭar, al-Ḥajjāj ibn Yusūf
Adelard of Bath
al-Nayrīzī
al-Zarqali, Abu Ishaq
Time Periods
Medieval
14th century
15th century
12th century
Places
Toledo (Spain)
Spain
Great Britain
Korea
Persia (Iran)
China
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