Article ID: CBB893277381

The Arabic Tradition of Euclid's Elements Preserved in the Latin Translation by Adelard of Bath and the Hebrew Translation by Rabbi Jacob (2018)

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The present paper offers a detailed study of the textual differences between two medieval traditions of Euclid's Elements: the tradition transmitted in most of the extant Arabic manuscripts of the work, and the tradition preserved in the Latin translation commonly ascribed to Adelard of Bath and a Hebrew translation ascribed to “Rabbi Jacob”. The principal aim is to identify types of differences in the structure and the formulation of Book I. In conclusion, the question is raised whether this typology reflects the procedures employed by al-Ḥajjāj ibn Yūsuf ibn Maṭar in revising his translation.

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Authors & Contributors
Elior, Ofer
De Young, Gregg
Sela, Shlomo
McVaugh, Michael Rogers
al-Rāzī, Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Zakariyyā
Wartenberg, Ilana
Journals
Aleph: Historical Studies in Science and Judaism
Centaurus: International Magazine of the History of Mathematics, Science, and Technology
Micrologus: Nature, Sciences and Medieval Societies
Synthese
Suhayl: Journal for the History of the Exact and Natural Sciences in Islamic Civilisation
Revue d'Histoire des Mathématiques
Publishers
Brill
Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities
Aracne
Concepts
Translations
Hebrew language
Transmission of texts
Geometry
Arab/Islamic world, civilization and culture
Mathematics
People
Euclid
Ibn Maṭar, al-Ḥajjāj ibn Yusūf
Ibn Ezra, Abraham Ben Meir
Ibn al-Haytham, Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥasan
Aristotle
Baten, Henri
Time Periods
Medieval
14th century
12th century
Places
Toledo (Spain)
Eastern Europe
Mediterranean region
Europe
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