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Abraham Ibn Ezra Latinus on Nativities
A Parallel Latin-English Critical Edition of Liber Nativitatum and Liber Abraham Iudei de Nativitatibus. Abraham Ibn Ezra’s Astrological Writings, Volume 6
Series: - Études sur le judaïsme médiéval, Volume: 78
Editor / Translator:
Abraham Ibn Ezra was “reborn” in the Latin West in the last decades of the thirteenth century thanks to a plethora of authored and anonymous Latin translations of his astrological writings. The present volume offers the first critical edition, accompanied by an English translation, a commentary, and an introductory study, of
Liber nativitatum (Book of Nativities) and
Liber Abraham Iudei de nativitatibus (Book on Nativities by Abraham the Jew), two astrological treatises in Latin that were written by Abraham Ibn Ezra or attributed to him, and whose Hebrew source-text or archetype has not survived. The first is undoubtedly an anonymous Latin translation of the second version of Ibn Ezra’s
Sefer ha-moladot (Book of Nativities), whose Hebrew source text is otherwise lost. The second is the most mysterious specimen among the Latin works attributed to Ibn Ezra that have no extant Hebrew counterpart. The present volume shows not only that the
Liber Abraham Iudei de nativitatibus underwent a significant metamorphosis over time and was transmitted in four significantly different versions, but also that its date of composition is not that previously accepted by modern scholarship.
"These volumes represent a major achievement in the history of medieval astrology and it is no wonder that they have already become classics, often referred to by specialists in the field, including by this reviewer."
-David Juste, Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus, Munich, Journal for the History of Astronomy 51 (I) (2020)
"These volumes represent a major achievement in the history of medieval astrology and it is no wonder that they have already become classics, often referred to by specialists in the field, including by this reviewer."
-David Juste, Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus, Munich, Journal for the History of Astronomy 51 (I) (2020)
Shlomo Sela is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Jewish Thought at Bar-Ilan University. His research focuses on Jewish attitudes toward the sciences, with special interest in the history of astrology in the Middle Ages. With this volume, he continues the publication of Abraham Ibn Ezra’s complete works on astrology.
Preface
Abbreviations
General Introduction
The Reception of Abraham Ibn Ezra in the Latin West
Liber nativitatum and Liber Abraham Iudei de Nativitatibus
Earlier Research on Nativitatum
Earlier Research on De nativitatibus
Nativities and Abraham Ibn Ezra’s Work on Nativities
The Thematic Organization of Nativitatum, De Nativitatibus and Moladot
The Introductions to Nativitatum and De nativitatibus
Fixed Stars and Constellations in Nativitatum and De Nativitatibus
Jewish Content in Nativitatum and De nativitatibus
Are Nativitatum and De Nativitatibus Latin Translations of a Hebrew Text by Abraham Ibn Ezra?
Authorship and Date of Composition of Nativitatum; Links between Nativitatum and Ibn Ezra’s Work
Two Latin Translations of Fragments from the Hebrew Source Text of Nativitatum
The Four Versions of De Nativitatibus
The Relationship among the Manuscripts and the Dates of the Four Versions
The Earliest Evidence for the Existence of De Nativitatibus
Did Henry Bate Play a Role in the Composition of De Nativitatibus?
Date of Composition of De Nativitatibus
Transmission of De Nativitatibus
Manuscripts for the Critical Edition of Nativitatum
Witnesses for the Critical Edition of De Nativitatibus
Editorial and Translation Principles
Part One: Liber nativitatum. Latin Text and English Translation
Part Two: Notes to Liber nativitatum
Part Three: Liber Abraham Iudei de Nativitatibus. Latin Text and English Translation
Part Four: Notes to Liber Abraham Iudei de Nativitatibus
Plates
Part Five: Appendices 1
Abraham Ibn Ezra’s Astrological Corpus 2
Indications of the Horoscopic Places in Nativitatum, De Nativitatibus, and Moladot 3
The 14 Horoscopic Diagrams of Nat4 4
Henry Bate’s Translation of Fragments from Moladot II 5
Peter d’Abano’s Translation of a Fragment from Moladot II 6
Additions at the End of Nat2 7
Additions to Nat3 from Peter d’Abano’s Translation of Ibn Ezra’s Moladot 8
Comparison Between Nat1 and Nat4 9
Manuscripts, Print Editions and Translations of De Nativitatibus 10
English-Latin Glossary of Technical Terms in Nativitatum and De Nativitatibus 11
Latin-English Index to the English-Latin Glossaries 12
Authorities and Sources in Nativitatum and De Nativitatibus 13
Literal Renderings in Nativitatum of Hebrew Words/Expressions Employed by Ibn Ezra 14
Additions at the End of Nativitatum 15
Index of Technical Terms and Biographical Notes
Bibliography
Index
Those interested in the history of science in general and medieval history of science in particular, history of astrology and astronomy in the Latin West and among Jews in the medieval period, European and Jewish history in the medieval period, Latin medieval literature, Hebrew medieval literature, Jewish philosophy and biblical exegesis.