The Great Introduction to Astrology by Abū Maʿšar (2 volumes) Keiji Yamamoto, Charles Burnett.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yamamoto, Keiji.

Burnett, Charles, author.

Series:

Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science. Texts and Studies 106.

Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science. Texts and Studies ; v. 106

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Astrology.

Science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1,435 pages).

Place of Publication:

Leiden, Boston : BRILL, [2019]

Summary:

Abū Ma’͑šar’s Great Introduction to Astrology (mid-ninth century) is the most comprehensive and influential text on astrology in the Middle Ages. In addition to presenting astrological doctrine, it provides a detailed justification for the validity of astrology and establishes its basis within the natural sciences of the philosophers. These two volumes provide a critical edition of the Arabic text; a facing English translation, which includes references to the divergences in the twelfth-century Latin translations of John of Seville and Hermann of Carinthia (Volume 1); and the large fragment of a Greek translation (edited by David Pingree). Comprehensive Arabic, English, Greek and Latin glossaries enable one to trace changes in vocabulary and terminology as the text passed from one culture to another. (Volume 2.)

Contents:

Front Matter

Copyright Page

Dedication

Preface

Acknowledgements

Introduction

‮كتاب المدخل الكبير الی علم احكام النجوم لابي معشر البلخي‬

‪‪‪‪‪‪‪‪‪‪‪‪‪‪‪‪‪‪‪‪‪‪‪‪‪‪‪‪‪‪‪‪ Part I

Part II

Part III

Part IV

Part V

Part VI

Part VII

Part VIII

Introduction / David Pingree

Ἡ Εἰσαγωγὴ τοῦ Ἀπομάσαρ

Contents

Part I

Back Matter

Additions in John of Seville’s Translation of the Great Introduction

Additional and Distinctive Features of Hermann of Carinthia’s Translation of the Great Introduction

Arabic, English, Greek and Latin Glossary

Greek-Arabic Glossary

Latin-Arabic Glossary.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

90-04-38123-6

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004381230 DOI