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Science in Medieval Jewish Cultures provides the first comprehensive overview by world-renowned experts of what we know today of medieval Jews' engagement with the sciences. Many medieval Jews, whether living in Islamic or Christian civilizations, joined Maimonides in accepting the rationalist philosophical-scientific tradition and appropriated extensive bodies of scientific knowledge in various disciplines: astronomy, astrology, mathematics, logic, physics, meteorology, biology, psychology, science of language and medicine. The appropriated texts - in the original or in Hebrew translation - were the starting points for Jews' own contributions to medieval science and also informed other literary genres: religious-philosophical works, biblical commentaries and even Halakhic (legal) discussions. This volume's essays will provide readers with background knowledge of medieval scientific thought necessary to properly understand canonical Jewish scientific texts. Its breadth reflects the number and diversity of Jewish cultures in the Middle Ages and the necessity of considering the fortunes of science in each within its specific context.

Jewish scientists --- Science, Medieval. --- Judaism and science --- Science and Judaism --- Science --- Medieval science --- Jews as scientists --- Scientists, Jewish --- Scientists --- History --- Arts and Humanities

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R. Levi ben Gershom (Gersonides, 1288-1344) is one of the greatest and most original figures of Medieval Jewish thought. He wrote numerous works in philosophy, science and biblical exegesis. Some of his scientific works, most notably his highly innovative Astronomy, were translated from Hebrew into Latin and could thus reach non-Jewish scholars. The twelve studies collected in this bilingual volume (English and French in equal parts) offer for the first time a comprehensive overview and assessment of Gersonides' work in astronomy, mathematics, logic, natural science, and psychology. Gersonides' contributions are analyzed within the context of contemporary philosophy and science in Hebrew, Arabic, and Latin. New light is also shed on the reception of Gersonides' work within European science. The volume includes a very extensive bibliography of writings by and about Gersonides.

Jewish philosophers --- Jewish scientists --- Biography. --- Levi ben Gershom, --- Knowledge --- Science.

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Pure sciences. Natural sciences (general) --- Philosophy of science --- History --- Latin language --- French language --- Latin (Langue) --- Français (Langue) --- Grammar --- Early works to 1800 --- Grammaire --- Ouvrages avant 1800 --- Science --- Sciences --- Methodology --- Philosophy --- Histoire --- Méthodologie --- Philosophie --- Grammar, Comparative and general --- -Comparative grammar --- Grammar, Philosophical --- Grammar, Universal --- Language and languages --- Philosophical grammar --- Linguistics --- Philology --- Grammar, Comparative --- -Grammar, Comparative and general --- Classical Latin language --- Méthodologie --- Français (Langue) --- Comparative grammar --- Philosophie et sciences

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Christian Science [Jewish ] --- Jewish Science --- Jodendom en wetenschap --- Judaism and science --- Judaïsme et science --- Science [Jewish ] --- Science and Judaism --- Science et judaïsme --- Wetenschap en jodendom --- Science [Medieval ] --- Philosophy --- Judaism --- History --- Medieval and early modern period, 425-1789 --- Science --- Arab countries --- Science, Medieval --- Medieval science --- Christian Science, Jewish --- Jewish Christian Science --- Science, Jewish --- Christian Science --- Mental healing --- Spiritual healing

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The present volume of studies on the life and work of Moritz (Moshe) Steinschneider (1816-1907) seeks to modify the traditional view of Steinschneider as a “mere bibliographer” by revealing other dimensions of his scientific personality. Together, the articles show that Steinschneider’s manifold scholarly activities were rooted in a well-defined scientific agenda, which modern readers do not easily recognize but which deserves to be recovered. This volume represents a first attempt to sketch Steinschneider’s intellectual biography and highlights the continued significance of his work for Jewish studies. It is an important contribution to our understanding of the project of nineteenth-century Wissenschaft des Judentums and its lasting impact on contemporary scholarly practice.

Judaism --- Jews --- Religions --- Semites --- History --- Religion --- Steinschneider, Moritz, --- Shtainshnaider, Moses, --- Steinschneider, M. --- Steinschneider, Maur. --- Steinschneider, Maurizio, --- Steinschneider, Maurice, --- שטיינשניידער, משה --- שטיינשניידער, משה, --- שטיינשניידר, משה --- שטיינשניידר, משה, --- שטײנשנײדר, משה --- Knowledge