| Autor: |
Goldstein, Bernard R., Rashed, Roshdi, Morelon, Régis |
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Encyclopedia of the History of Arabic Science; 1996, Issue 1, p279-286, 8p |
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This chapter focuses on the legacy of Arabic science in Hebrew translation. An important group of astrological texts consisting of almanacs and horoscopes in Arabic have been found among the documents of the Cairo Geniza. The almanacs, all from the twelfth century, are noteworthy in that they follow the Muslim calendar and refer to other calendars used in the medieval world, but not to the Jewish calendar. This suggests that they originated outside the Jewish community and hence tell us something about Muslim tastes in astrology as well as Jewish interest in the subject. An astronomical text from the Geniza that may have been composed with an astrological purpose in mind can be dated to 1299. On the basis of internal evidence, the anonymous author of this Arabic document written in Hebrew characters depended on the astronomical tables of Ibn Yunus that were also popular among Muslim scholars. |
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