Abraham Ibn Ezra on Elections, Interrogations, and Medical Astrology: A Parallel Hebrew-English Critical Edition of the Book of Elections (3 Versions) - Hardcover
by Shlomo Sela
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Availability:In StockContributor:Shlomo SelaSeries:Études Sur Le Judaïsme MédiévalTheme:Interdisciplinary Studies/Medieval (500-1453) Studies, Religious Orientation/Jewish, Topical/New AgePublish date:9/9/2011Pages:660
Languages:EnglishPublisher:BrillISBN-13:9789004212206ISBN-10:9004212205UPC:9789004212206Book Category:Religion, Mind, Body, Spirit, Language Arts & DisciplinesBook Subcategory:Judaism, Astrology, LinguisticsBook Topic:Sacred Writings, EtymologySize:9.37 x 5.98 x 1.57 inchesWeight:1.017Product ID:SCWJ66AP2Z
This volume offers the first critical edition of the Hebrew text, with English translation and commentary, of seven astrological treatises by Abraham Ibn Ezra: the Book of Elections (3 versions); the Book of Interrogations (3 versions); and the Book of the Luminaries. This volume, then, covers the astrological doctrine of elections, which is concerned with finding the best time to begin a particular activity; the doctrine of interrogations, designed to allow astrologers to reply to questions related to daily life; and the astrological theory behind the doctrine of the critical days, when marked changes take place in the symptoms of a disease. These three systems of astrology were combined in a single volume because Ibn Ezra considers them to be closely interrelated.
"Despite these quibbles, Shlomo Sela is to be congratulated for making Ibn Ezra's astrological treatises available in a modern edition of very high quality."
Bernard Goldstein, University of Pittsburgh
"Despite these quibbles, Shlomo Sela is to be congratulated for making Ibn Ezra's astrological treatises available in a modern edition of very high quality."
Bernard Goldstein, University of Pittsburgh
Languages:EnglishPublisher:BrillISBN-13:9789004212206ISBN-10:9004212205UPC:9789004212206Book Category:Religion, Mind, Body, Spirit, Language Arts & DisciplinesBook Subcategory:Judaism, Astrology, LinguisticsBook Topic:Sacred Writings, EtymologySize:9.37 x 5.98 x 1.57 inchesWeight:1.017Product ID:SCWJ66AP2Z
Shlomo Sela is a lecturer in the Department of Jewish Philosophy at Bar-Ilan University. His research focuses on Jewish attitudes toward the sciences, with special interest in the history of astrology in the Middle Ages. He has recently published: Abraham Ibn Ezra: The Book of Reasons, A Parallel Hebrew-English Critical Edition of the Two Versions of the Text (Brill, 2007), and Abraham Ibn Ezra: The Book of the World, A Parallel Hebrew-English Critical Edition of the Two Versions of the Text (Brill, 2010). With this volume he continues the publication of Ibn Ezra's complete works on astrology.
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