Euclid's Elements in Hebrew garb : critical editions of the translation by Moses Ibn Tibbon and the translation ascribed to Rabbi Jacob, with an introduction and glossary : volume one: Books I-II / by Ofer Elior.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Elior, Ofer, author.

Series:

Études sur le judaïsme médiéval ; tome LXXXVIII.

Études sur le judaïsme médiéval, 0169-815X ; tome LXXXVIII

Cambridge Genizah studies

Language:

Arabic

English

Greek, Modern (1453-)

Hebrew

Latin

Subjects (All):

Euclid. Elements--Criticism, Textual.

Euclid.

Transmission of texts.

Elements (Euclid).

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

pages cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021]

Language Note:

Includes Arabic, Hebrew and Latin text.

Summary:

"Euclid's Elements is one of the canonical texts that shaped our cultural heritage. It was translated from Greek into Arabic and from Arabic into Hebrew and Latin. There is little agreement about the textual history of the Arabic translations. The present book offers for the first time a critical edition of two Hebrew translations of Books I-II, by Moses Ibn Tibbon and by "Rabbi Jacob". A serious attempt is made to learn from the Hebrew translations also about the history of the Arabic text. The edition of Ibn Tibbon's translation is accompanied by an Arabic text which was probably its source. Rabbi Jacob's translation is compared to the Latin translation ascribed to Adelard of Bath, probably based on the same Arabic tradition"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction. Background : the Hebrew elements

origins and reception

The translation ascribed to Rabbi Jacob

The translation by Moses Ibn Tibbon

RJ and MIT : independent or related?

The edition

Appendix I: The textual hybridity of RJ : examples

Appendix II: Differences between the diagrams of RJ and I/T for which there is no apparent explanation

Appendix III: A comparison of the diagrams in RJ that are different from those in I/T with the diagrams in other Ḥajjājian texts

Appendix IV: Examples of literalism and non-literalism in MIT.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contains:

Container of: Euclid. Elements. Book 1-2. Arabic.

Container of: Euclid. Elements. Book 1-2. Hebrew.

Container of: Euclid. Elements. Book 1-2. Latin.

Other Format:

Online version: Elior, Ofer. Euclid's Elements in Hebrew garb

ISBN:

9789004462663

900446266X

OCLC:

1273049445