Abraham Ibn Ezra Latinus on Nativities - A Parallel Latin-English Critical Edition of Liber Nativitatum and Liber Abraham Iudei de Nativitatibus. Abraham Ibn Ezra's Astrological Writings, Volume 6

The present volume offers the first critical edition, accompanied by an English translation, a commentary, and an introductory study, of Liber nativitatum (Book of Nativities) and Liber Abraham Iudei de nativitatibus (Book on Nativities by Abraham the Jew), two astrological treatises in Latin that were written by Abraham Ibn Ezra or attributed to him, and whose Hebrew source-text or archetype has not survived.

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

• Assisted by: Shlomo Sela (Editor), Shlomo Sela (Translation)
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.03.2019
• EAN: 9789004392342
• ISBN: 978-90-04-39234-2
• No. of pages: 580
• Weight: 1031 g
• Series: Études Sur Le Judaïsme Médiéva
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies