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Abraham Ibn Ezra on Elections, Interrogations, and Medical Astrology: A Parallel Hebrew-English Critical Edition of the Book of Elections (3 Versions), the Book of Interrogations (3 Versions), and the Book of the Luminaries

By Shlomo Sela

Book information

Publisher
BRILL
Year
2011
ISBN
9004212205, 9789004212206
ISSN
0169-815X
LCC
BF1718 .I26213 2011
Google Books ID
wTMJYAAACAAJ
Open Library ID
OL24917924M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
23 MB (23866690 bytes)
Series
Études sur le Judaïsme Médiéval
Edition
1st Edition/Bilingual edition
Pages
669\669
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2012-03-09 12:00:00

Description

This volume offers the first critical edition of the Hebrew text, with English translation and commentary, of seven astrological treatises by Abraham Ibn Ezra: the Book of Elections (3 versions); the Book of Interrogations (3 versions); and the Book of the Luminaries. This volume, then, covers the astrological doctrine of elections, which is concerned with finding the best time to begin a particular activity; the doctrine of interrogations, designed to allow astrologers to reply to questions related to daily life; and the astrological theory behind the doctrine of the critical days, when marked changes take place in the symptoms of a disease. These three systems of astrology were combined in a single volume because Ibn Ezra considers them to be closely interrelated.

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