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The light of the world : astronomy in al-Andalus /

This book contains an edition--with an extensive introduction, translation and commentary--of The Light of the World, a text on theoretical astronomy by Joseph Ibn Nahmias, composed in Judeo-Arabic around 1400 C.E. in the Iberian Peninsula. As the only text on theoretical astronomy written by a Jew...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Naḥmias, Joseph Ibn (Autor)
Otros Autores: Morrison, Robert G., 1969- (Editor , Traductor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2016]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • 1. Judeo-Arabic text of The light of the world
  • 2. Translation of the Judeo-Arabic text of The light of the world
  • 3. Hebrew recension of The light of the world
  • 4. Translation of the significant insertions in the Hebrew recension of The light of the world
  • 5. Commentary on the Judeo-Arabic text
  • 6. Commentary on the significant insertions in the Hebrew recension of The light of the world
  • 7. The Hebrew text of Profiat Duran's response to The light of the world
  • 8. Translation of the Hebrew text of Profiat Duran's response to The light of the world.