Studies in the history of culture and science : a tribute to Gad Freudenthal / edited by Resianne Fontaine [and others].

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TextLanguage: English, French, Arabic, Latin, Hebrew Original language: Arabic, Latin, Hebrew Series: Studies in Jewish history and culture ; v. 30.Publication details: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.Description: 1 online resource (xviii, 489 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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9789004191235
9004191232
9789004191242
9004191240

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Tribute to Gad Freudenthal

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Studies in the history of culture and science.DDC classification:

296.375 22

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BM538.S3 S78 2011eb

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Contents:

Contributors; Selected Publications of Gad Freudenthal; Introduction; TEXTS: EDITIONS, TRANSLATIONS, AND COMMENTARIES; R. Rashed: Le pseudo al-Hasan ibn al-Haytam: Sur l'asymptote; C. Burnett: Al-Qabisi's Introduction to Astrology: From Courtly Entertainment to University Textbook; Y. Tzvi Langermann: A Different Hue to Medieval Jewish Philosophy: Four Investigations into an Unstudied Philosophical Text; M. Zonta: Aristotle's De anima and De generatione et corruptione in the Medieval Hebrew Tradition: New Details Regarding Textual History Coming from a Neglected Manuscript.

Summary: An hommage to Gad Freudenthal, this volume offers twenty-two chapters on the history of science and the role of science in Jewish cultures. Written by outstanding scholars from all over the world it is a token of appreciation for Freudenthal's accomplishments in this discipline. The chapters in this volume include editions and translations of source texts in different languages and focus on topics that reflect the proble¿¿matiques Gad Freudenthal often tackled in his own research: aspects of knowledge transfer, translation processes and the appropriation of knowledge from one culture to another. They are contributions to a better understanding of the cross-cultural contacts in the field of science between Jews, Muslim and Christians in the Middle Ages and early modern times.

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Contributions in English and French; several translations from Arabic, Latin, and Hebrew that include the original language texts.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Selected publications of Gad Freudenthal": pages xi-xviii

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An hommage to Gad Freudenthal, this volume offers twenty-two chapters on the history of science and the role of science in Jewish cultures. Written by outstanding scholars from all over the world it is a token of appreciation for Freudenthal's accomplishments in this discipline. The chapters in this volume include editions and translations of source texts in different languages and focus on topics that reflect the proble¿¿matiques Gad Freudenthal often tackled in his own research: aspects of knowledge transfer, translation processes and the appropriation of knowledge from one culture to another. They are contributions to a better understanding of the cross-cultural contacts in the field of science between Jews, Muslim and Christians in the Middle Ages and early modern times.

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