The book of the world : a parallel Hebrew-English critical edition of the two versions of the text / / Abraham Ibn Ezra ; edited, translated, and annotated by Shlomo Sela.

• Superior document: Etudes sur le judaïsme médiéval, t. 39
• Author: Ibn Ezra, Abraham ben Meïr, 1092-1167.
• TeilnehmendeR: Sela, Shlomo.; Māshāʼallāh, 730?-815?
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Edition: 1st critical ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Ibn Ezra, Abraham ben Meïr, 1092-1167. Selections. 2010 ; v. 2.; Etudes sur le judaïsme médiéval ; t. 39.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (368 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

The present volume offers the first critical edition of the Hebrew text of the two versions of Ibn Ezra’s Book of the World, accompanied by an English translation and a commentary. These twin treatises represent the first Hebrew work, unique in medieval Jewish science, to discuss the theories and techniques of historical and meteorological astrology that had accumulated from Antiquity to Ibn Ezra’s time, on the basis of Greek, Hindu, Persian, and Arabic sources. This volume also incorporates the first critical edition, translated and annotated, of MāshāÞallāh’s Book on Eclipses, a work dealing with mundane astrology whose Hebrew translation was ascribed to Ibn Ezra, as well as a study of three brief texts in which Ibn Ezra conveyed his own opinion about mundane astrology.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / S. Sela -- Introduction / S. Sela -- Part One. First Version Of The Book Of The World By Abraham Ibn Ezra. Hebrew Text And English Translation / S. Sela -- Part Two. Notes To The First Version Of The Book Of The World / S. Sela -- Part Three. Second Version Of The Book Of The World By Abraham Ibn Ezra. Hebrew Text And English Translation / S. Sela -- Part Four. Notes To The Second Version Of The Book Of The World / S. Sela -- The Book of Māshā’allāh on Eclipses / S. Sela -- The Tenth Chapter of Reshit Ḥ̣okhmah / S. Sela -- A Fragment Of The Long Commentary On Ex. 33:21 / S. Sela -- The Introduction To Sefer Ha-Moladot / S. Sela -- Appendix A. Manuscripts / S. Sela -- Appendix B. References To Sefer Ha-’Olam / S. Sela -- Appendix C. Contents Of ‘Olam I And Concordance To ‘Olam II / S. Sela -- Appendix D. Contents Of ‘Olam II And Concordance To ‘Olam I / S. Sela -- Appendix E. Liber Primus De Gentibus And Concordance To ‘Olam I And ‘Olam II / S. Sela -- Appendix F. Zodiacal Signs Of Cities / S. Sela -- Appendix G. Zodiacal Signs And Planets Assigned To Lands And Kingdoms / S. Sela -- Appendix H. Authorities And Sources / S. Sela -- Bibliography / S. Sela -- Glossary Of Technical Terms / S. Sela -- Index / S. Sela.