A short history of Jewish literature from the fall of the temple (70 C. E.) to the era of emancipation (1786 C. E.) / by Israel Abrahams.
- Israel Abrahams
- Date:
- 1906
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A short history of Jewish literature from the fall of the temple (70 C. E.) to the era of emancipation (1786 C. E.) / by Israel Abrahams. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![it is certain that a Jew laboured at them more than he did. And so with the rest.” In what precedes, nothing has been said of the original contributions made by Jewish authors to scientific literature. Jews were active in original research, especially in astronomy, medicine, and mathematics. Many Jewish writers, famous as philosophers, Talmudists, or poets, were also men of science. There are numerous Jewish works on the calendar, on astronomical instruments and tables, on mathematics, on medicine, and natural history. Some of their writers share the mediaeval belief in astrology and magic. But it is note¬ worthy that Abraham Ibn Ezra doubted the com¬ mon belief in demons, while Maimonides described astrology as “ that error called a science.” These subjects, however, are too technical for fuller treatment in the present book. More will be found in the works cited below. BIBLIOGRAPHY. Ibn Tibbon Family. Graetz, iii. p. 397 [409]. Jacob Anatoli. Graetz, iii. p. 566 [584]. Karpeles, Sketch of Jewish History (Jewish Publication Society of America, 1897), pp. 49, 57. H. G. Enelow, J.E. i. p. 562 seq. Jewish Translators. Steinschneider, Jewish Literature, p. 62 seq. I. Broyde, J.E. xii. p. 219 seq. Science and Medicine. Steinschneider, op. cit. pp. 179 seq., 260 seq. Also, A. Friedenwald, Jewish Physicians and the Con¬ tributions of the Jews to the Science of Medicine (.Publi¬ cations of the Gratz College, vol. i.). F. T. Haneman, “Medicine,” J.E. viii. p. 414 seq. I. Broyde, “ Mathematics,” ibid. p. 375 seq. L. Blau and J. Jacobs, “Astronomy,” op. cit. ii. p. 247 seq.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b31353344_0111.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
