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 I-II, 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.
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Produkt-Hinweis
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Gewebe-Einband
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Höhe: 235 mm
Breite: 155 mm
Dicke: 39 mm
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978-90-04-46266-3 (9789004462663)
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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
Part I Introduction
I Background: The Hebrew Elements-Origins and Reception
?I.1?Greek Roots
?I.2?Arabic Foundations
?I.3?The Road to the Hebrew Elements
?I.4?The Reception of the Hebrew Elements
II The Translation Ascribed to Rabbi Jacob
?II.1?Dating and Authorship
?II.2?Phraseology and Diagrams
?II.3?Terminology
?II.4?The Glosses in MS ? and the ma?atiq
III The Translation by Moses Ibn Tibbon
?III.1?The Translator
?III.2?JBM: A Revision of MIT
?III.3?The Source of MIT: A Single Copy of I/T
?III.4?Phraseology
?III.5?Terminology
?III.6?Diagrams
IV RJ and MIT: Independent or Related?
Part II The Edition
I Introduction
?I.1?The General Layout
?I.2?The Texts
?I.3?The Diagrams
?I.4?The 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 ?ajjajian Texts
Appendix IV: Examples of Literalism and Non-literalism in MIT
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
