The Epistle of the Number by Ibn al-Aḥdab: The transmission of Arabic mathematics to Hebrew circles in medieval Sicily

Ilana Wartenberg

Published by Gorgias Press 2015

The Epistle of the Number by Ibn al-Aḥdab

The transmission of Arabic mathematics to Hebrew circles in medieval Sicily

Ilana Wartenberg

In the series Perspectives on Society and Culture

https://doi.org/10.31826/9781463236540

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The first edition of The Epistle of the Number, composed in Syracuse, Sicily, at the end of the 14th century. It is the first known Hebrew treatise to include extensive algebraic theories and procedures, exposing novel mathematical vocabulary, and enhancing our understanding of the linguistic mechanisms which helped create scientific vocabulary in medieval Hebrew.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
TABLE OF CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	v
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
FOREWORD Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
HEBREW ABBREVIATIONS Publicly Available Download PDF	xv
HEBREW AND ARABIC TRANSLITERATION Publicly Available Download PDF	xvii
CHAPTER 1: IBN AL-AHDAB Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
CHAPTER 2: THE HEBREW AND ARABIC EPISTLES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	25
CHAPTER 3: A MATHEMATICAL COMMENTARY OF THE EPISTLE OF THE NUMBER Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	33
CHAPTER 4: THE UNICUM Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	95
CHAPTER 5: AN EDITION OF THE EPISTLE OF THE NUMBER Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	99
CHAPTER 6: AN ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF THE EPISTLE OF THE NUMBER Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	257
CHAPTER 7: A LEXICON OF THE MATHEMATICAL TERMS IN BOOK II Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	425
BIBLIOGRAPHY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	459
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	467

Language: English
Publisher: Gorgias Press
Pages
- Main content: 488

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Published: September 11, 2015
ISBN: 9781463236540