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Hebrew Medical Astrology: David Ben Yom Tov, Kelal Qatan, Original Hebrew Text, Medieval Latin Translation, Modern English Translation

Contributor(s): Burnett, Charles (Editor), Bos, Gerrit (Editor), Langermann, Tzvi (Editor)

ISBN: 9780871699558

Publisher: American Philosophical Society Press

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Pub Date: January 1, 2005

Dewey: 133.5861

LCCN: 2005048119

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Glossary, Index

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.38" H x 10.00" L x 7.00" W ( 1.02 lbs) 121 pages

BISAC Categories:

Mind Body Spirit | Astrology | General

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Description: The "Kelal Qatan (Concise Summary)" was composed by David Ben Yom Tov, a Hebrew scholar who lived in the first half of the 14th century. He is known in Latin simply as David Iudaeus. This is a text on medical astrology, dealing primarily with the astrological indications pertaining especially to fevers. It is the most detailed and extensive original Hebrew treatise on astrological medicine surviving in Hebrew Literature. Contents of this edition: Introduction; Original Hebrew Text; The Latin Text; Modern English Translation; Glossary; and Bibliography. Color and black and white illustrations.

Review Quotes: "A very interesting and very detailed case study."--Mauro Zonta "Aestimatio"

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