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Book SynopsisThemistius’ (4th century CE) paraphrase of Aristotle’s Metaphysics 12 is the earliest surviving complete account of this seminal work. Despite leaving no identifiable mark in Late Antiquity, Themistius’ paraphrase played a dramatic role in shaping the metaphysical landscape of Medieval Arabic and Hebrew philosophy and theology. Lost in Greek, and only partially surviving in Arabic, its earliest full version is in the form of a 13th century Hebrew translation. In this volume, Yoav Meyrav offers a new critical edition of the Hebrew translation and the Arabic fragments of Themistius’ paraphrase, accompanied by detailed philological and philosophical analyses. In doing so, he provides a solid foundation for the study of one of the most important texts in the history of Aristotelian metaphysics.
Trade Review"Yoav Meyrav’s publication is a stunningly impressive work of scholarship. He has produced a meticulous edition of the text, scrutinizing the available Hebrew and Arabic sources, and sorting them out according to their distance from the original—translation, revised translation, abridgment. However, there is much more here than philology—Hebrew, Arabic, and Greek—as well as a significant contribution to translation studies. Meyrav takes responsibility for advancing the appreciation of the philosophical content of the paraphrase. Moreover, given that the Greek original is lost, he senses and meets an obligation to classicists to squeeze what he can from the text that is relevant to their discipline, notably regarding the genre of the paraphrase." - Tzvi Langermann, in: Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 2020 “Yoav Meyrav’s publication is a stunningly impressive work of scholarship. He has produced a meticulous edition of the text, scrutinizing the available Hebrew and Arabic sources, and sorting them out according to their distance from the original—translation, revised translation, abridgment.[…] Meyrav has set an academic standard.” Y. Tzvi Langermann in Bryn Mawr Classical Review https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2020/2020.06.19/[09/08/2021, 15:39:18]
Table of ContentsList of Tables and Figures Introduction 1 Overview 2 Aristotle’s Metaphysics 12 before Themistius 3 Themistius on Metaphysics 12: Context and Scholarship 4 Themistius’ Paraphrase of Metaphysics 12 in the Arabic and Hebrew Traditions 5 Looking Forward 1 The Textual Tradition 1 Overview 2 The Arabic Textual Tradition 3 The Hebrew Textual Tradition 4 Moshe Finzi’s Latin Translation 5 Principles of the Present Edition 2 Historical and Methodological Aspects of Themistius as Paraphrast of Metaphysics 12 1 Overview 2 The Aims and Methodologies of Themistius’ Paraphrases 3 Examples 4 Conclusion Themistius’ Paraphrase of Aristotle’s Metaphysics 12: Parallel Hebrew/Arabic Edition Abbreviations 1 Hebrew Sources 2 Arabic Sources 3 Misc. Text and Translation Commentary Introduction Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Conclusion Appendix A: Isḥāq ibn Ḥunayn’s Arabic Translation of Metaphysics 2 and Its Abridgment in MS Ḥikma 6: Text and Notes Appendix B: Two Versions of the Hebrew Translation of the Themistius Quotations in Averroes’ Long Commentary on Aristotle’s Metaphysics—A Preliminary Edition Appendix C: Matter and Element—Case Study Hebrew–Arabic Lexicon Arabic–Hebrew Lexicon Bibliography Index
