Astrology and Biblical Exegesis in Abraham Ibn Ezra's Thought by Shlomo Sela

Aleph, No. 1 (2001), p. 343

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Shlomo Sela, Astrology and Biblical Exegesis in Abraham Ibn Ezra's

Thought. In Hebrew.Ramat-Gan: Bar-IlanUniversityPress,1999. 420 pp.
Name index,generalindex.
A firstsystematic studyofAbrahamibn Ezra's viewson mainlyastrology
and geographical space.The authorsystematicallycomparestheviewsexposed
in a "scientific environment," i.e. notablyin ibn Ezra's astrologicalwritings
(studiedin manuscripts), with those expressedin an "interpretive environ-
ment", i.e. in biblical
commentaries, the
illuminating one through the otherand
discussing their differences.

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