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245 0 0 _aScience in Medieval Jewish Cultures /
_cedited by Gad Freudenthal.
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2012.
300 _a1 online resource (560 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Apr 2016).
520 _aScience in Medieval Jewish Cultures provides the first comprehensive overview by world-renowned experts of what we know today of medieval Jews' engagement with the sciences. Many medieval Jews, whether living in Islamic or Christian civilizations, joined Maimonides in accepting the rationalist philosophical-scientific tradition and appropriated extensive bodies of scientific knowledge in various disciplines: astronomy, astrology, mathematics, logic, physics, meteorology, biology, psychology, science of language and medicine. The appropriated texts – in the original or in Hebrew translation – were the starting points for Jews' own contributions to medieval science and also informed other literary genres: religious-philosophical works, biblical commentaries and even Halakhic (legal) discussions. This volume's essays will provide readers with background knowledge of medieval scientific thought necessary to properly understand canonical Jewish scientific texts. Its breadth reflects the number and diversity of Jewish cultures in the Middle Ages and the necessity of considering the fortunes of science in each within its specific context.
650 0 _aScience, Medieval
700 1 _aFreudenthal, Gad,
_eeditor.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9781107001459
856 4 0 _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511976575
942 _2Dewey Decimal Classification
_ceBooks
999 _c38064
_d38064