Gerrit Bos (Ph.D. 1989) is Professor Emeritus of Jewish Studies at the University of Cologne. He has published extensively in the fields of Jewish studies, Islamic studies, and medieval science and medicine in Arabic and Hebrew texts. In July 2023, he celebrated his 75th birthday. On this occasion, his colleagues and students presented him with a Festschrift containing over twenty original papers. They deal with various topics belonging to his wider fields of interest ranging from the Ancient Orient, Jewish and Islamic theology and philosophy, medicine and natural sciences in medieval Islamicate and European countries, to Romance philology and linguistics.
Fabian Käs (Ph.D., Munich 2008), Jessica Kley (M.A., Cologne 2007), and Felix Hedderich (M.A., Cologne 2010), are research fellows at the University of Cologne. Since many years, they have been assisting Gerrit Bos in editing and analysing medieval Hebrew and Arabic texts on medicine.
Preface Abbreviations Notes on Contributors and Editors Publications by Gerrit Bos Contents of the Volume
Part1 Philosophy, Theology, and Religion
1 Eine muʿtazilitische Diskussion zum Theodizeeproblem “Hirngespinst” oder literarische Gestaltung? Hans Daiber
2 Alfarabi on Divine Attributes Catarina Belo
3 A Land Ripe for Conquest An Amorite Parallel to the Biblical Story of the Spies Nathan Wasserman and Yigal Bloch
4 The Ambiguity of Jewishness Reflections on a Basic Concept of Jewish Studies Philipp Lenhard
5 Non-linear Paths of Transmission The First Written Reactions to the Recorded Oral Teachings on the Kabbalistic Intentions of Prayer Daniel Abrams
6 The Writing of a Magical Text as a Performative Act The Scribe, “Eternal Pen Pusher” or “Skilled Practitioner”? Dan Levene
7 “Making towards Yemen, Then Eastward” Prolegomenon to a Scriptural Conversation between the Qurʾān and the Book of Mormon D.Morgan Davis
Part2 Ancient and Oriental Medicine and Sciences
8 Philo of Alexandria on Physicians and Medical Metaphors Samuel Kottek and Helena Paavilainen
9 Loosening the Old School Tie: Nisibis and Medicine Vivian Nutton
10 Fürs Echte gibt es keinen Ersatz! Zur frühmittelalterlichen lateinischen Überlieferung von De succedaneis Klaus-Dietrich Fischer
11 Un terminus ante quem pour la rédaction de la pharmacopée célèbre de Sābūr ibn Sahl (m. 255/869) Oliver Kahl
12 Pharmakognostisches aus Ibn Ǧumaiʿs Abhandlung über den Schwindel Fabian Käs
13 Herbal Lore as a Banner of Islamic Piety: Black Seed Remke Kruk
14 Galen in the Guide—and beyond LennE. Goodman
15 Notes on Plant Names in the Babylonian Talmud Theodore Kwasman
16 Two Texts from a Judaeo-Arabic Alchemical Anthology from the Yemen Y.Tzvi Langermann
Part3 Occidental Reception
17 The Name of the Thief An Episode in the Transmission of Arabic Letters to the West Charles Burnett
18 A Jew on the Edge of Latin Medical Culture “Magister Maynus” of Réalmont (1304) Michael McVaugh and Joseph Shatzmiller
19 Maimonides als Vorbild Hebräische Kommentare zu AphorismusI:1 Carsten Schliwski
20 Epithymum for Melancholy Two Prescriptions in a Treatise Attributed to Isaac Israeli Lola Ferre
21 Aristotle’s Parts of Animals in Hebrew Some Terminological Observations Resianne Fontaine
22 Examining a Previously Unknown Pharmacological Potpourri A New Witness to Late Byzantine Therapeutics and Its Expansion through Appropriations from the Islamicate and Latin Medical Traditions Petros Bouras-Vallianatos
Part4 Romance Languages
23 Altsüdiberoromanisch in hebräischem Gewand Ein Beitrag zum Verständnis mittelalterlicher jüdischer medizinisch-botanischer Glossare und Synonymenlisten und zu den romanischen Varietäten von Al-Andalus Guido Mensching
24 “Duck Tales” The Hidden Stories of Andalusi Romance Bird Names Mailyn Lübke
25 Testi mediolatini sull’aqua vite e versioni in occitano e in catalano dell’ayga ardent con alcune note lessicali estratte dal DiTMAO Maria Sofia Corradini
26 Medical Influences on Jewish Culture in Medieval Spain Norman Roth
Index of Personal Names of Pre-modern Authors Index of Geographical Names Index of Titles of Pre-modern Books Index of Biblical and Quranic References Index of Topics and Terms
Anyone interested in the history of medicine, the transfer of scientific knowledge in the Middle Ages, the use of Romance terminology in medieval texts, Islamic and Jewish philosophy and theology