Abraham Ibn Ezra's Introductions to Astrology - A Parallel Hebrew-English Critical Edition of the Book of the Beginning of Wisdom and the Book of the Judgments of the Zodiacal Signs. Abraham Ibn Ezra's Astrological Writings, Volume 5

The present volume offers a critical edition of the Hebrew texts, accompanied by English translation and commentary, of Reshit Ḥokhmah (Beginning of Wisdom) and Mishpeṭei ha-Mazzalot (Judgments of the Zodiacal Signs) by Abraham Ibn Ezra (ca. 1089-ca. 1161).

About the author

Shlomo Sela is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Jewish Thought 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. With this volume, he continues the publication of Abraham Ibn Ezra's complete works on astrology.

Product details

• Authors: Shlomo Sela
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.06.2017
• EAN: 9789004342279
• ISBN: 978-90-04-34227-9
• No. of pages: 836
• Weight: 1427 g
• Series: Études Sur Le Judaïsme Médiéva
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Astronomy