Shabbatai Donnolo's Sefer ḥakhmoni : introduction, critical text, and annotated English translation / by Piergabriele Mancuso.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mancuso, Piergabriele, 1975-

Contributor:

Mancuso, Piergabriele, 1975-

Series:

Studies in Jewish history and culture ; v. 27.

Studies in Jewish history and culture, 1568-5004 ; v. 27

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Donnolo, Shabbetai, 913-approximately 982. Sefer ḥakhmoni.

Donnolo, Shabbetai.

Sefer Yeẓirah.

Cabala.

Jewish astrology.

Jewish cosmology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (428 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Sefer Hakhmoni by the 10th-century Jewish polymath Shabbatai Donnolo is one of the first texts written in Hebrew in medieval Europe and one of the most important documents of the “Hebrew Renaissance” of Byzantine Jewry in southern Italy between the 9th and the 11th centuries. Written as a commentary on Sefer Yeîirah (Book of Formation, an anonymous text probably written in Palestine between the Third and the 6th centuries), Sefer Hakhmoni is in fact a much more complex work, consisting of biblical exegesis, astrology, medicine, a detailed analysis of the neo-Platonic idea of melothesia , and the correspondence between the elements of the microcosm and macrocosm. This volume offers the critical text, an annotated English translation, and a comprehensive introduction to Donnolo and his works.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / P. Mancuso

Historical Introduction / P. Mancuso

Donnolo’s \'Library\' / P. Mancuso

Shabbatai Donnolo and Sefer Yeṣirah / P. Mancuso

The Earliest Commentaries on Sefer Yeṣirah / P. Mancuso

Donnolo’s Sefer Ḥakhmoni: A Neoplatonic Interpretation of Sefer Yeṣirah / P. Mancuso

The Manuscripts / P. Mancuso

The Manuscript Tradition / P. Mancuso

Stemma Codicum / P. Mancuso

Principles Of Edition: Organisation Of The Text And The Apparatus Criticus / P. Mancuso

Hebrew Text / P. Mancuso

Notes To The Critical Text / P. Mancuso

Commentary on the Book of Formation called Sefer Ḥakhmoni / P. Mancuso

Commentary On Let Us Make Man In Our Image After Our Likeness (Genesis 1:26 ) / P. Mancuso

Introduction To The Commentary On The Book Of Formation / P. Mancuso

Bibliography / P. Mancuso

Index Of Names / P. Mancuso

Index Of Names Of Places / P. Mancuso

Index Of Books And Works Titles / P. Mancuso.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-282-94924-1

9786612949241

90-04-18110-5

OCLC:

813296921

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004167629.i-416 DOI