Abraham Ibn Ezra as the Translator of Astrological and Astronomical Texts from Arabic into Hebrew: Sources and Methods

Abraham Ibn Ezra (ca. 1089-ca. 1161) was born in Muslim Spain, but his extensive scientific corpus, dealing mainly with astrology and astronomy, was composed in Latin Europe and written almost exclusively in Hebrew. Recent work on Reshit Ḥokhmah (Beginning of Wisdom), an introduction to astrology th...

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Publié dans:Medieval encounters
Auteur principal: Selaʿ, Shelomoh 1948- (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Brill [2019]
Dans: Medieval encounters
Année: 2019, Volume: 25, Numéro: 4, Pages: 345-380
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés:B Ibn-ʿEzra, Avraham Ben-Meʾir 1092-1167 / Ibn-ʿEzra, Avraham Ben-Meʾir 1092-1167, Reʾshit ḥokhmah / Astrologie / Astronomie / Arabe / Littérature scientifique / Traduction / Hébreu
Classifications IxTheo:BH Judaïsme
BJ Islam
KBH Péninsule Ibérique
Sujets non-standardisés:B Translation
B Abraham Ibn Ezra
B medieval astronomy and astrology
B Arabic and Hebrew science
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Résumé:Abraham Ibn Ezra (ca. 1089-ca. 1161) was born in Muslim Spain, but his extensive scientific corpus, dealing mainly with astrology and astronomy, was composed in Latin Europe and written almost exclusively in Hebrew. Recent work on Reshit Ḥokhmah (Beginning of Wisdom), an introduction to astrology that is considered to be the zenith of Ibn Ezra's astrological work, revealed that at least one-fourth of this text consists of translations or close paraphrases from identifiable and available Arabic astrological and astronomical texts. Relying on these findings, this paper identifies the Arabic texts Ibn Ezra drew on, shows where their Hebrew translations were incorporated into Reshit Ḥokhmah, and then scrutinizes his translation methods.
ISSN:1570-0674
Contient:Enthalten in: Medieval encounters
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/15700674-12340049