Novel Medical and General Hebrew Terminology from the Middle Ages

Novel Medical and General Hebrew Terminology from the Middle Ages
Author: Gerrit Bos
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2021
Genre: Hebrew language, Medieval
ISBN: 9789004472808

This volume is both a continuation of the four already published titles in the series (2011-19) and an addition to the Concise Dictionary of Novel Medical and General Hebrew Terminology from the Middle Ages. It continues mapping the medical terminology featured in medieval Hebrew medical works in order to facilitate study of medical terms that do not appear in the existing dictionaries, as well as identifying the medical terminology used by specific authors and translators in order to identify anonymous medical material. The terminology discussed in this volume has been derived from fourteen different sources, including translations of Ibn al-Jazzār's Zād al-musāfir by Moses ibn Tibbon (Sefer Ṣedat ha-Derakhim) and the otherwise unknown Abraham ben Isaac (Sefer Ṣedah la-Oreḥim), as well as the translation of Constantine the Africanʼs Latin version (Viaticum) prepared by Do'eg ha-Edomi (Sefer Yaʾir Netiv).

A Concise Dictionary of Novel Medical and General Hebrew Terminology from the Middle Ages

A Concise Dictionary of Novel Medical and General Hebrew Terminology from the Middle Ages
Author: Gerrit Bos
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 307
Release: 2019-07-08
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 900439866X

The terminology in medieval Hebrew medical literature (original works and translations) has been sorely neglected by modern research. Medical terminology is virtually missing from the standard dictionaries of the Hebrew language, including Ha-Millon he-ḥadash, composed by Abraham Even-Shoshan. Ben-Yehuda’s dictionary is the only one that contains a significant number of medical terms. Unfortunately, Ben-Yehuda’s use of the medieval medical texts listed in the dictionary’s introduction is inconsistent at best. The only dictionary exclusively devoted to medical terms, both medieval and modern, is that by A.M. Masie, entitled Dictionary of Medicine and Allied Sciences. However, like the dictionary by Ben-Yehuda, it only makes occasional use of the sources registered in the introduction and only rarely differentiates between the various medieval translators. Further, since Masie’s work is alphabetized according to the Latin or English term, it cannot be consulted for Hebrew terms. The Historical Dictionary of the Hebrew Language, which is currently being created by the Academy of the Hebrew Language, has not been taken into account consistently as it is not a dictionary in the proper sense of the word. Moreover, consultation of this resource suggests that it is generally deficient in medieval medical terminology. The Bar Ilan Responsa Project has also been excluded as a source, despite the fact that it contains a larger number of medieval medical terms than the Historical Dictionary. The present dictionary has two major objectives: 1) to map the medical terminology featured in medieval Hebrew medical works, in order to facilitate study of medical terms, especially those terms that do not appear in the existing dictionaries, and terms that are inadequately represented. 2) to identify the medical terminology used by specific authors and translators, to enable the identification of anonymous medical material.

Novel Medical and General Hebrew Terminology from the Middle Ages

Novel Medical and General Hebrew Terminology from the Middle Ages
Author: Gerrit Bos
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 262
Release: 2023
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9004534423

In Novel Medical and General Hebrew Terminology from the Middle Ages, Volume 6 Gerrit Bos offers more terms not featuring in existing dictionaries as addition to his Concise Dictionary of Novel Medical and General Hebrew Terminology from the Middle Ages.

Novel Medical and General Hebrew Terminology from the 13th Century

Novel Medical and General Hebrew Terminology from the 13th Century
Author: Gerrit Bos
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2018-10-16
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 9004382623

This volume is part of a wider project aiming at mapping the technical medical terminology as it features in medieval Hebrew medical works, especially those terms that do not feature in the current dictionaries at all, or insufficiently.

A Key to Locked Doors

A Key to Locked Doors
Author:
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 700
Release: 2024-08-29
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9004705880

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.

Latin-into-Hebrew: Texts and Studies

Latin-into-Hebrew: Texts and Studies
Author: Resianne Fontaine
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 492
Release: 2013-08-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 900425286X

This two-volume work, Latin-into-Hebrew: Texts and Studies sheds new light on an under-investigated phenomenon of European medieval intellectual history: the transmission of knowledge and texts from Latin into Hebrew between the twelfth and the fifteenth century. Because medieval Jewish philosophy and science in Christian Europe drew mostly on Hebrew translations from Arabic, the significance of the input from the Christian majority culture has been neglected. Latin-into-Hebrew: Texts and Studies redresses the balance. It highlights the various phases of Latin-into-Hebrew translations and considers their disparity in time, place, and motivations. Special emphasis is put on the singular role of the translations of Latin medical and philosophical literature. Volume One: Studies, offers 18 studies and Volume Two: Texts in Contexts, includes editions and analyses of hitherto unpublished texts of medieval Latin-into-Hebrew translations. Both volumes are available separately or together as a set. This groundbreaking work is indispensable for any scholar interested in the history of medieval philosophic and scientific thought in Hebrew, Latin, and Arabic in relationship to the vicissitudes of Jewish-Christian relations.

A Hebrew Encyclopedia of the Thirteenth Century. Natural Philosophy in Judah Ben Solomon Ha-Cohen's Midrash Ha-Ḥokhmah.

A Hebrew Encyclopedia of the Thirteenth Century. Natural Philosophy in Judah Ben Solomon Ha-Cohen's Midrash Ha-Ḥokhmah.
Author: Resianne Fontaine
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 797
Release: 2023-03-13
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9004526439

This book presents, for the first time, a critical edition and English translation of the natural philosophy section of the first major thirteenth-century Hebrew encyclopedia of science and philosophy and assesses Judah ha-Cohen's place in the history of Jewish philosophy.

Novel Medical and General Hebrew Terminology from the 13th Century

Novel Medical and General Hebrew Terminology from the 13th Century
Author: Gerrit Bos
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2018
Genre: Hebrew language
ISBN: 9789004382619

This volume is part of a wider project aiming at mapping the technical medical terminology as it features in medieval Hebrew medical works, especially those terms that do not feature in the current dictionaries at all, or insufficiently. In this way the author hopes to facilitate the consultation of these and other medical works and the identification of anonymous medical material. The terminology discussed in this volume has been derived from three primary and seven secondary sources. The primary sources are: (1) Sefer Ṣedat ha-Derakhim - Moses Ibn Tibbon's translation of Ibn al-Jazzār's Zād al-musāfir, bks. 1-2; (2) Sefer ha-Shimmush - Shem Tov Ben Isaac's Hebrew translation of al-Zahrāwī's Kitāb al-taṣrīf; (3) Sefer ha-Qanun - Nathan ha-Meʾati's Hebrew translation of the first book of Ibn Sīnā's K. al-Qānūn.

Ibn al-Jazzār’s Zād al-musāfir wa-qūt al-ḥāḍir. Provisions for the Traveller and Nourishment for the Sedentary

Ibn al-Jazzār’s Zād al-musāfir wa-qūt al-ḥāḍir. Provisions for the Traveller and Nourishment for the Sedentary
Author: Michael R. McVaugh
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 801
Release: 2022-01-31
Genre: History
ISBN: 9004500308

The compendium entitled Zād al-musāfir by Ibn al-Jazzār (tenth century) is one of the most influential handbooks in the history of western medicine. The present volume includes critical editions of the Arabic original, its Latin translation, and three Hebrew versions.