EUR  â¬207.60EUR  â¬173.00 excl. VAT
Euclid's Elements in Hebrew Garb
Critical Editions of the Translation by Moses Ibn Tibbon and the Translation Ascribed to Rabbi Jacob, with an Introduction and Glossary. Books IâII
Series: - Ãtudes sur le judaïsme médiéval, Volume: 88
Author:
Euclid's Elements is one of the canonical texts that shaped our cultural heritage. It was translated from Greek into Arabic and from Arabic into Hebrew and Latin. There is little agreement about the textual history of the Arabic translations. The present book offers for the first time a critical edition of two Hebrew translations of Books IâII, by Moses Ibn Tibbon and by "Rabbi Jacob". A serious attempt is made to learn from the Hebrew translations also about the history of the Arabic text. The edition of Ibn Tibbon's translation is accompanied by an Arabic text which was probably its source. Rabbi Jacob's translation is compared to the Latin translation ascribed to Adelard of Bath, probably based on the same Arabic tradition.
Ofer Elior, Ph.D. (2011), Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, is a research fellow at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He has published extensively on medieval Hebrew science and philosophy, including A Spirit of Grace Passed Before My Face: Jews, Science and Reading, 1210-1896 (2016, in Hebrew).
Preface
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Transliteration
I Background: The Hebrew ElementsâOrigins and Reception
âI.1âGreek Roots
âI.2âArabic Foundations
âI.3âThe Road to the Hebrew Elements
âI.4âThe Reception of the Hebrew Elements
II The Translation Ascribed to Rabbi Jacob
âII.1âDating and Authorship
âII.2âPhraseology and Diagrams
âII.3âTerminology
âII.4âThe Glosses in MS ק and the maÊ¿atiq
III The Translation by Moses Ibn Tibbon
âIII.1âThe Translator
âIII.2âJBM: A Revision of MIT
âIII.3âThe Source of MIT: A Single Copy of I/T
âIII.4âPhraseology
âIII.5âTerminology
âIII.6âDiagrams
IV RJ and MIT: Independent or Related?
I Introduction
âI.1âThe General Layout
âI.2âThe Texts
âI.3âThe Diagrams
âI.4âThe Critical Apparatuses and Notes
II The Edition
Appendix I: The Textual Hybridity of RJ: Examples
Appendix II: Differences between the Diagrams of RJ and I/T for Which There Is No Apparent Explanation
Appendix III: A Comparison of the Diagrams in RJ That Are Different from Those in I/T with the Diagrams in Other ḤajjÄjian Texts
Appendix IV: Examples of Literalism and Non-literalism in MIT
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Transliteration
Part I Introduction
I Background: The Hebrew ElementsâOrigins and Reception
âI.1âGreek Roots
âI.2âArabic Foundations
âI.3âThe Road to the Hebrew Elements
âI.4âThe Reception of the Hebrew Elements
II The Translation Ascribed to Rabbi Jacob
âII.1âDating and Authorship
âII.2âPhraseology and Diagrams
âII.3âTerminology
âII.4âThe Glosses in MS ק and the maÊ¿atiq
III The Translation by Moses Ibn Tibbon
âIII.1âThe Translator
âIII.2âJBM: A Revision of MIT
âIII.3âThe Source of MIT: A Single Copy of I/T
âIII.4âPhraseology
âIII.5âTerminology
âIII.6âDiagrams
IV RJ and MIT: Independent or Related?
Part II The Edition
I Introduction
âI.1âThe General Layout
âI.2âThe Texts
âI.3âThe Diagrams
âI.4âThe Critical Apparatuses and Notes
II The Edition
Appendix I: The Textual Hybridity of RJ: Examples
Appendix II: Differences between the Diagrams of RJ and I/T for Which There Is No Apparent Explanation
Appendix III: A Comparison of the Diagrams in RJ That Are Different from Those in I/T with the Diagrams in Other ḤajjÄjian Texts
Appendix IV: Examples of Literalism and Non-literalism in MIT
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
All interested in the history of mathematics, medieval science, and medieval Jewish cultures.