| The Regimen Sanitatis of "Avenzoar": Stages in the Production of a Medieval Translation Contributor(s): McVaugh, Michael R. (Author), Bos, Gerrit (Author), Shatzmiller, Joseph (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004406441 ISBN-13: 9789004406445 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $171.95 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Judaism - Rituals & Practice - Literary Criticism | Ancient And Classical - Literary Criticism | Medieval |
| Series: Études Sur Le Judaïsme Médiéval |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.5" W x 9.5" (1.10 lbs) 252 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Jewish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The authors publish a previously unedited Regimen of Health attributed to Avenzoar (Ibn Zuhr), translated at Montpellier in 1299 in a collaboration between a Jewish philosopher and a Christian surgeon, the former translating the original Arabic into their shared Occitan vernacular, the latter translating that into Latin. They use manuscript evidence to argue that the text was produced in two stages, first a quite literal version, then a revision improved in style and in language adapted to contemporary European medicine. Such collaborative translations are well known, but the revelation of the inner workings of the translation process in this case is exceptional. A separate Hebrew translation by the philosopher (also edited here) gives independent evidence of the lost Arabic original. |