Biblical stars in medieval Jewish thought (tenth-twelfth centuries)
The twelfth century witnessed a new Jewish interest in the fixed stars, which finds its major expression in the first-ever Hebrew lists of constellations and fixed stars. These are in fact translations into Hebrew of Arabic lists, which ultimately go back to the star catalogue in Ptolemy"s Alma...
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Format: | Print Article |
Language: | English |
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Liverpool University Press
[2015]
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The journal of Jewish studies
Year: 2015, Volume: 66, Issue: 2, Pages: 317-340 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Judaism
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RelBib Classification: | BH Judaism HB Old Testament TE Middle Ages TG High Middle Ages |
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Seʿadyah Gaʾon (882-942)
B Arabic names B Stars Religious aspects B Bible. Altes Testament Biblia Hebraica B Stars Names B Transliteration B Ibn-ʿEzra, Avraham Ben-Meʾir (1092-1167) B Avraham bar-Ḥiyya ha-Naśi (1065-1136) B Ptolemy, Claudius 100-178 B Asterisms (Astronomy) B Astronomy |