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Sela, Shlomo, Abraham ibn Ezra and the Rise of Medieval Hebrew Science, Leiden - Boston, Brill (Brill's series in Jewish studies, 32), 2003, ix + 422 pp.

Resum
The main focus of this book is the study of Abraham Ibn Ezra's (1089-1167) scientific thought within the historical and cultural context of his times. His scientific contribution may be understood as the very embodiment of ‘the rise of medieval Hebrew science', a process in which Jewish scholars gradually adopted the holy tongue as a vehicle to express secular and scientific ideas. The first part provides a comprehensive picture of Ibn Ezra's scientific corpus. The second part studies his linguistic strategy. The third and fourth parts study Ibn Ezra's introductions to his scientific treatises and the fifth part is devoted to studying four ‘encounters' with Claudius Ptolemy, the main scientific character featuring in Ibn Ezra's literary work.

Contents:
* Introduction · 1
* Pt. 1. Abraham Ibn Ezra's Scientific Corpus · 17
* Pt. 2. The Creation of a New Hebrew Scientific Vocabulary · 93
* Pt. 3. Eight Macro-Astrological Rules · 144
* Pt. 4. Ibn Ezra's Universe · 192
* Pt. 5. Four Encounters with Claudius Ptolemy · 238
* Conclusion · 324
* App. 1. Two Exegetical Examples Illustrating the Italian and French Periods · 331
* App. 2. Hebrew Texts · 336
Matèries
Astronomia i astrologia
Hebraisme
Hebreu
Traduccions
Lèxic
URL
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The small images on the decorative ribbon correspond, from left to right, to the following documents: 1. James II orders the settlement of neighborhood disputes over an estate of the royal doctor Arnau de Vilanova in the city of Valencia. 1298 (ACA); 2. Contract between Guglielmo Neri de Santo Martino, a surgeon from Pisa, and the physician-surgeon from Majorca Pere Saflor, bachelor of medicine, to practise medicine and surgery under the latter’s direction, 1356 (ACM); 3. Valuation of the workshop of Guillem Metge, an apothecary from Barcelona, made by the apothecaries Miquel Tosell, Berenguer Duran and Vicenç Bonanat, for its sale to Llorenç Bassa, a fellow apothecary, 1364 (AHPB); 4. Peter III the Ceremonious regularizes the legal situation of Esteró, a Jewish female doctor from Vilafranca del Penedès, granting her an extraordinary license to practice medicine. 1384 (ACA); 5. Power of attorney of Margarida de Tornerons, a doctor in Prats de Molló and Vic, in order to recover the goods withheld from her by a third party in Vic, 1401 (ABEV); 6. Doctorate and teaching license of Narcís Solà, bachelor of medicine, issued by Bernat de Casaldòvol, doctor of medicine and chancellor of the Faculty of Medicine in Barcelona, 1526 (AHCB); and 7. Partnership between Joan Llunes and Joan Francesc Llunes, father and son, and Lluís Gual, the former’s son-in-law, surgeons of Caldes de Montbui, in order to practise the profession, 1579 (AHCB).