عنوان

‭The> Light of the World: Astronomy in al-Andalus‬>,Nur al-ʻalam. English

Number

2216373

.Language of Text, Soundtrack etc

eng

Title Proper

‭The> Light of the World: Astronomy in al-Andalus‬>

First Statement of Responsibility

Joseph Ibn Nahmias ; edited, translated and with a commentary by Robert G. Morrison.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Berkeley ; Los Angeles, California

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

University of California Press

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

[2016]

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xiv, 429 pages : illustrations

Series Title

Berkeley series in postclassical Islamic scholarship ; 1

Text of Note

E.Book: 25193

Text of Note

"This book contains an edition--with an extensive introduction, translation and commentary--of The Light of the World, a text on theoretical astronomy by Joseph Ibn Naḥmias, composed in Judeo-Arabic around 1400 C.E. in the Iberian Peninsula. As the only text on theoretical astronomy written by a Jew in any variety of Arabic, this work is evidence for a continuing relationship between Jewish and Islamic thought in the late fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries. The text's most lasting effect may have been exerted via its passage to Renaissance Italy, where it influenced scholars at the University of Padua in the early sixteenth century. With its crucial role in the development of European astronomy, as well as the physical sciences under Islam and in Jewish culture, The Light of the World is an important episode in Islamic intellectual history, Jewish civilization, and the history of astronomy."-- Dust jacket.

Text of Note

Includes Hebrew and Judeo-Arabic text with English translation ; commentary in English.

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 409-420) and index.

Text of Note

Introduction -- Judeo-Arabic text of The light of the world -- Translation of the Judeo-Arabic text of The light of the world -- Hebrew recension of The light of the world -- Translation of the significant insertions in the Hebrew recension of The light of the world -- Commentary on the Judeo-Arabic text -- Commentary on the significant insertions in the Hebrew recension of The light of the world -- The Hebrew text of Profiat Duran's response to The light of the world -- Translation of the Hebrew text of Profiat Duran's response to The light of the world.

General Material Designation

Nur al-ʻalam. English

Astronomy--Early works to 1800.

Astronomy, Medieval.

Jewish astronomy.

Jews--Spain--Intellectual life--14th century.

Muslims--Spain--Intellectual life--14th century.

Jews--Intellectual life.

Muslims--Intellectual life.

Joseph Ibn Nahmias

Morrison, Robert G., 1969- translator, editor, writer of added commentary.