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Darrera modificació: 2016-07-24
Bases de dades: Sciència.cat
Goldstein, Bernard R., "Astronomy as a 'neutral zone': interreligious cooperation in medieval Spain", Medieval Encounters, 15 (2009), 159-174.
- Resum
- Interreligious cooperation on philosophical and scientific matters was part of the legacy of the culture developed under Muslim auspices in Baghdad in the ninth and tenth centuries. This kind of cooperation continued in both Muslim and Christian Spain, although there are instances where Jews and Christians did not wish to call attention to it. Several episodes from the twelfth to the fifteenth centuries involving astronomers are examined in detail to illustrate both “open” and “discreet” cooperation among Jews and Christians in medieval Spain. Alfonso X of Castile (d. 1284) is well known as a patron of both Jewish and Christian astronomers, and the compilation of the Alfonsine Tables of Toledo was a notable achievement. The case of Abraham Zacut (d. 1515) of Salamanca is also discussed, and some myths about him are dispelled. -- Keywords: Abraham Ibn Ezra, Alfonsine Tables, Abraham Zacut, Azarchiel, John Vimond.
- Matèries
- Astronomia i astrologia
Hebraisme
- URL
- http://www.pitt.edu/~brg/pdfs/brg_v_2.pdf
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