Gad Freudenthal: Science in the Medieval Hebrew and Arabic Traditions.Gad Freudenthal: Science in the Medieval Hebrew Medieval Hebrew has many features that distinguish it from older forms of Hebrew. These affect grammar, syntax, sentence structure, and also include a wide variety of new lexical items, which are usually based on older forms. and Arabic Traditions Aldershot: Ashgate Variorum Collected Studies Series, 2005, 374 pp, HC ISBN ISBN abbr. International Standard Book Number ISBN International Standard Book Number ISBN n abbr (= International Standard Book Number) → ISBN m 0-86078-952-7 Each new volume in Ashgate's Variorum Collected Studies Series provides researchers and the general public an opportunity to access articles written over a long period of time in their "raw" form--just as they first appeared. It is a compromise, of sorts: the writer of the articles does not have to put much time or effort to see his or her work published in one volume; readers do not have to search for scattered articles; and the publisher does not invest greater resources into printing the book. This arrangement has attracted a significant number of historians of science and the Series has been a huge success in terms of its importance for the history of ideas The history of ideas is a field of research in history that deals with the expression, preservation, and change of human ideas over time. The history of ideas is a sister-discipline to, or a particular approach within, intellectual history. . With the publication of his Science in the Medieval Hebrew and Arabic Traditions Gad Freudenthal has joined such respected names as C. E. Bosworth, Edward S. Kennedy, Franz Rosenthal Franz Rosenthal (August 31, 1914 – April 8, 2003) was the Louis M. Rabinowitz and Sterling Professor Emeritus of Arabic, scholar of Arabic literature and Islam. Rosenthal was born in Berlin, Germany. , A. I. Sabra Abdelhamid I. Sabra is a retired professor of the history of science specializing in the history of science in the Islamic World and the history of optics. Sabra received his undergraduate degree at the University of Alexandria, then studied philosophy of science with Karl , and Roshdi Rashed, all of whom have published in this Series. Freudenthal's collection of sixteen articles, written over a period of twenty years TWENTY YEARS. The lapse of twenty years raises a presumption of certain facts, and after such a time, the party against whom the presumption has been raised, will be required to prove a negative to establish his rights. 2. , is thematically divided into three sections: Science in the Medieval Hebrew Tradition: Socio-Cultural Considerations (two articles); Maimonides, Gersonides and Some Others (eight articles); and Reverberations of Greek Theory of Matter in Arabic and Hebrew (eight articles). The occasion of this collection's publication also gave Freudenthal an opportunity to reminisce rem·i·nisce intr.v. rem·i·nisced, rem·i·nisc·ing, rem·i·nisc·es To recollect and tell of past experiences or events. [Back-formation from reminiscence. ; the short preface provides insight into his career, scholarly interests, and friendships. Written primarily for specialists, this collection of articles is useful as a barometer, telling us much about the obsessions and ideas of a particular generation of historians of science concerned with two non-Western scientific traditions which never intersected in real time, but which have remained closely associated with each other because of their common view of nature: Jewish and Muslim philosophers of the past shared a certain common domain which made it possible for them to study nature in a like manner; this common dimension can be seen in the third section of this book. The title of the book is somewhat misleading, as there are only three articles out of sixteen which deal with Arabic Tradition. |
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