Contributions

  • Shlomo Sela - Translated for
  • Sela, Shlomo - Contributor

Publication

2011 - Brill, Leiden

Language

English

Word Count

164,250 words, Guess

Page Count

657 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

Classifications

  • DDC133.5/96092
  • LCCBF1718 .I26213 2011

Description

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.

Subjects

Series Statement

  • Etudes sur le judaïsme médiéval -- t. 50

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