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<p>A presentation of the intellectual and social universe of the Sephardi Jewish world of thirteenth-century Spain seen through moralistic animal fables in Hebrew, translated into English as rhymed couplets. The fables, which comprise moral debates rich in contemporary satire, also include disquisitions on such subjects as time, the soul, the physical sciences and medicine, astronomy, and astrology, suffused throughout with traditional Jewish law and lore. With full explanatory notes and scholarly apparatus and complete sets of illustrations from the Rothschild manuscript and the 1547 Venice edition.</p>

Title Meshal Haqadmoni : fables from the distant past : a parallel Hebrew-English text / Isaac ibn Saula
edited and translated by Raphael Loewe = [Sefer Meshal ha-ḳadmoni] / le-R. Yitsḥaḳ ben Shelomoh n. Sahulah
hehediro ṿe-tirgemo Anglit Refaʼel ha-Leṿi Loeṿe]. [electronic resource]
Additional Titles Sefer Meshal ha-ḳadmoni
Publisher Portland, OR : Littman Library of Jewish Civilization
Creation Date 2004
Notes Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 17 Jul 2020).
Includes bibliographical references and index.
In English and Hebrew.
Content Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright
Publisher's Note
The Illustrations
Preface
Contents
List of Abbreviations
Meshal Haqadmoni: Fables from the Distant Past
Dedication
Prologue
Introduction
Preface to the First Part
Part I: On Wisdom
Part II: On Penitence
Part III: On Sound Counsel
Part IV: On Humility
Part V: On Reverence
Colophons
Appendices
Appendix 1: Astronomical Diagrams
Appendix 2: Supplementary Notes to the Poem
Appendix 3: Numbered Notes to the Illustrations
Bibliography
Index of Citations
Index of Key Hebrew Terms
Index of Subjects
Series Liverpool scholarship online
Extent 1 online resource (2 volumes (cxxxi, 816 pages)) : digital, PDF file(s).
Language English
Hebrew
National Library system number 997010469910205171
MARC RECORDS
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