Astrology and Other Sciences Among the Jews of the Land of Israel in the Hellenistic and Byzantine Periods
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This work is an investigation of the links between the Jews of Palestine and sciences, especially astrology, in the Hellenistic and Roman-Byzantine period. The subject is treated in four different chapters: A) The doctor-astrologer in the ancient world, the knowledge about him, and the description of the patriarch Abraham as such an astrologer. This view is augmented with astrological sermons (derashot), in the Talmudic sources. B) The author of Sefer Yezirah (Book of Creation) is revealed as a multitalented scientist: mathematician, linguist, astronomer and astrologer, that is, doctor-astrologer, numerologist, philosopher, astrophysicist and mystic. C) Baraita de-Mazalot is a compilation of signs of the Zodiac assembled by a scientist: a Palestinian Byzantine astronomer, astrologer and Darshan. A new method is proposed for determining the dating of these two books: approximately the fifth to sixth century. D) Based on the background of astrological investigations, an explanation is proposed for the Zodiac wheels from the Byzantine period discovered in a number of synagogues in Eretz-Israel. The investigation clarifies a chapter in the history of science: what is fraud-science, and to what extent science and scientific thinking â€" and not only mystical thought â€" are a relative concept. The image of Rabbi Abraham ibn Ezra, the astrologer, is illuminated in bright light, helping explain the Maimonides opposition to his spiritual world. This work is a kind of a history based on an analysis of texts, literary activity, linguistic, religious and intellectual spirituality. In reading it, you will encounter over 300 “culture heroesâ€, many of whom you were not previously aware of. In addition, you will learn to distinguish over 130 aspects of language, from personal language to the language of prayer, registers for which you will find definitions and examples throughout the book. Paperback, Label: Bialik Institute, Bialik Institute, Produktgruppe: Book, Publiziert: 2010, Studio: Bialik Institute.

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ISBN (andere Schreibweisen): 965-536-002-4, 978-965-536-002-8