Maimonides on the regimen of health : : a new parallel Arabic-English translation / / by Gerrit Bos ; with critical editions of medieval Hebrew translations by Gerrit Bos and Latin translations by Michael R. McVaugh.

• Superior document: The Medical Works of Moses Maimonides; volume12
• VerfasserIn: Maimonides, Moses, 1135-1204,
• TeilnehmendeR: Bos, Gerrit, 1948-; McVaugh, M. R. 1938-
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden Boston : : BRILL,, 2019.
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English; Arabic; Hebrew; Latin
• Series: Maimonides, Moses, 1135-1204. Complete medical works of Moses Maimonides ; Volume 12.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (550 pages).

Maimonides’ On the Regimen of Health was composed at an unknown date at the request of al-Malik al-Afḍal Nūr al-Dīn Alī, Saladin’s eldest son who complained of constipation, indigestion, and depression. The treatise must have enjoyed great popularity in Jewish circles, as it was translated three times into Hebrew as far as we know; by Moses ben Samuel ibn Tibbon in the year 1244, by an anonymous translator, and by Zeraḥyah ben Isaac ben She’altiel Ḥen who was active as a translator in Rome between 1277 and 1291. The present edition by Gerrit Bos contains the original Arabic text, the medieval Hebrew translations and the Latin translations, the latter edited by Michael McVaugh.

Table of Contents

Front Matter -- Copyright Page -- Preface -- Introduction -- Sigla and Abbreviations -- Arabic Text and Translation -- On the Regimen of Health: Arabic Text with English Translation -- Hebrew Translations and Supplement -- On the Regimen of Health: First Hebrew Translation (Moses Ibn Tibbon) -- On the Regimen of Health: Second Hebrew Translation (Zeraḥyah Ben Isaac Ben Sheʾaltiel Ḥen) -- On the Regimen of Health: Third Hebrew Translation (Anonymous) -- Supplement: Critical Comparison of the Arabic Text with the Medieval Hebrew Translation and the Translations into English and German -- Latin Translations -- Introduction to the Latin Translations of Maimonides’ On the Regimen of Health -- On the Regimen of Health: First Latin Translation (Giovanni da Capua) / Michael R. McVaugh -- On the Regimen of Health: Second Latin Translation (Armengaud Blaise) / Michael R. McVaugh -- Back Matter -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Indexes.