Euclid's Elements in Hebrew Garb

Ofer Elior, Ph.D. (2011), Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, is a research fellow at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He has published extensively on medieval Hebrew science and philosophy, including A Spirit of Grace Passed Before My Face: Jews, Science and Reading, 1210-1896 (2016, in Hebrew).

Preface

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

Transliteration

Part I Introduction



I Background: The Hebrew Elements—Origins and Reception

 I.1 Greek Roots

 I.2 Arabic Foundations

 I.3 The Road to the Hebrew Elements

 I.4 The Reception of the Hebrew Elements



II The Translation Ascribed to Rabbi Jacob

 II.1 Dating and Authorship

 II.2 Phraseology and Diagrams

 II.3 Terminology

 II.4 The Glosses in MS ק and the maʿatiq



III The Translation by Moses Ibn Tibbon

 III.1 The Translator

 III.2 JBM: A Revision of MIT

 III.3 The Source of MIT: A Single Copy of I/T

 III.4 Phraseology

 III.5 Terminology

 III.6 Diagrams



IV RJ and MIT: Independent or Related?



Part II The Edition



I Introduction

 I.1 The General Layout

 I.2 The Texts

 I.3 The Diagrams

 I.4 The Critical Apparatuses and Notes



II The Edition



Appendix I: The Textual Hybridity of RJ: Examples

Appendix II: Differences between the Diagrams of RJ and I/T for Which There Is No Apparent Explanation

Appendix III: A Comparison of the Diagrams in RJ That Are Different from Those in I/T with the Diagrams in Other Ḥajjājian Texts

Appendix IV: Examples of Literalism and Non-literalism in MIT

Glossary

Bibliography

Index