Maimonides' On coitus / a new parallel Arabic-English edition and translation by Gerrit Bos ; with Medieval Latin translations by Charles Burnett ; Slavonic translations by Will Ryan, Moshe Taube.

• VerfasserIn: Maimonides, Moses, 1135-1204,
• TeilnehmendeR: Bos, Gerrit, 1948-; Burnett, Charles; Ryan, W. F.; Taube, Moshe,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2018]
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English; Arabic; Latin; Church Slavic
• Series: Maimonides, Moses, 1135-1204. Complete medical works of Moses Maimonides ; v.11; The Medical Works of Moses Maimonides 11.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (252 pages).
• Other title: Front Matter --; Copyright Page /; Preface /; Introduction /; Sigla and Abbreviations /; Arabic Text and Translation /; On Coitus: Arabic Text with English Translation /; Hebrew Translations and Supplements /; On Coitus: First Hebrew Translation (Anonymous) /; On Coitus: Second Hebrew Translation (Anonymous) /; On Coitus: Third Hebrew Translation (Zeraḥyah Ben Isaac Ben Sheʾaltiel Ḥen) /; Supplement 1: Critical Comparison of the Arabic Text with the Medieval Hebrew Translations and the Modern Translations into English /; Supplement 2: Notes to the Anonymous Hebrew Translation I and Zeraḥyah’s Hebrew Translation (= Z) /; Latin Translations /; Introduction to the Latin Translations of Maimonides’ On Coitus (On Sexual Intercourse) /; On Coitus: Two Latin Translations /; Slavonic Translation /; Introduction to the East Slavonic Translation of Maimonides On Coitus /; On Coitus: East Slavonic Text with English Translation /; Back Matter --; Glossary /; Bibliography /; Index of the First Hebrew Translation (Anonymous) /; Index of the Second Hebrew Translation (Anonymous) /; Index of the Third Hebrew Translation (Zeraḥyah Ben Isaac Ben Sheʾaltiel Ḥen) /; Index of the Latin Translations /; Index of the Slavonic Translation /; Index of Technical Terms and Materia Medica /; Kitāb fi al-jimāʻ.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• ISBN: 9004380086
• ISSN: 2589-6946
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: a new parallel Arabic-English edition and translation by Gerrit Bos ; with Medieval Latin translations by Charles Burnett ; Slavonic translations by Will Ryan, Moshe Taube.

Moses Maimonides' On Coitus was composed at the request of an unknown high-ranking official who asked for a regimen that would be easy to adhere to, and that would increase his sexual potency, as he had a large number of slave girls. It is safe to assume that it was popular in Jewish and non-Jewish circles, as it survives in several manuscripts, both in Arabic and Judaeo-Arabic. The present edition by Gerrit Bos contains the original Arabic text, three medieval Hebrew translations, two Latin versions from the same translation (edited by Charles Burnett), and a Slavonic translation (edited by Will Ryan and Moshe Taube).