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Abraham Ibn Ezra The Book of the World

Author: Shlomo Sela

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2009-11-23

Total Pages: 368

ISBN-13: 9047441494

This volume offers the first critical edition, translated and annotated, of the two versions of Abrahan Ibn Ezra’s Book of the World, the first Hebrew work, unique in medieval Jewish science, to discuss the theories and techniques of historical and meteorological astrology.

Abraham Ibn Ezra

Author: Shlomo Sela

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 413

ISBN-13: 9004157646

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From the Middle Ages until the present, the development of astrology among Jews was associated mainly with the name of Abraham Ibn Ezra (1089-1167). His scientific corpus deals with mathematics, astronomy, scientific instruments and tools, and the Jewish calendar; but especially with astrology. This volume is the first product of a larger enterprise-a scientific edition of all twelve Ibn Ezra's astrological treatises-and offers a critical Hebrew text of the two versions of Ibn Ezra's "Sefer ha-Te'amim," the Book of Reasons, accompanied by an annotated translation and commentary. The two treatises presented here were designed by Ibn Ezra to offer "reasons," "explanations," or "meanings" of the raw astrological concepts formulated in the introduction to astrology that Ibn Ezra entitled "Reshit Hokhmah" (Beginning of Wisdom).

Rabbi Abraham Ibn Ezra

Author: Isadore Twersky

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13:

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The six essays in this book explore ibn Ezra's multifaceted work and intellectual legacy. They illuminate his exegetical methodology; the role of astrology in his work; his philological insights into the Hebrew language; the possibility of his influence on the great Jewish philosopher and jurist Maimonides; and modern Jewish perspectives on him.

The Secret of the Torah

Author: Abraham ben Meïr Ibn Ezra

Publisher:

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13:

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Ibn Ezra addresses the importance of the knowledge of grammar, stating that one cannot fully understand the text of the Torah without it. He also discusses the study of the Bible and the Talmud, arguing that one cannot properly comprehend the Talmud if one does not know the sciences, for there are many passages in the Pentateuch and the Talmud that are either incomprehensible or given to misinterpretation by one who has no prior knowledge of the sciences.

Abraham Ibn Ezra on Elections, Interrogations, and Medical Astrology

Author: Abraham ben Meïr Ibn Ezra

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2011-09-09

Total Pages: 670

ISBN-13: 9004212205

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This volume offers the first critical edition, 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.

Abraham Ibn Ezra on Nativities and Continuous Horoscopy

Author: Shlomo Sela

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2013-09-27

Total Pages: 604

ISBN-13: 9004258523

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The present volume offers the first critical edition, accompanied with English translation and commentary, of Sefer ha-Moladot, which addresses the doctrine of nativities and the system of continuous horoscopy in nativities, and of Sefer ha-Tequfah, which is devoted exclusively to continuous horoscopy in nativities. The doctrine of nativities makes predictions about the whole of an individual’s subsequent life on the basis of the natal chart, and the system of continuous horoscopy in nativities is concerned with the interval between life and death and makes predictions based mainly on anniversary horoscopes, which are juxtaposed with the natal horoscope. To Abraham Ibn Ezra’s mind, not only are these two doctrines the core of astrology; they also epitomize the praxis of the astrological métier. “Sela...has provided explanatory appendices and very interesting notes about Jewish attitudes toward the sciences and astrology in the middle ages.” Reference & Research Book News, 2013.