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14Philosophical translations in late antiquity and in the Middle Ages: in memory of Mauro Zonta (edited book)Aracne. 2022.
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Syriac, Hebrew and Latin Encyclopaedias in the 13th Century: A Comparative Approach to „Medieval Philosophies“In Jan Aertsen & Andreas Speer (eds.), Was ist Philosophie im Mittelalter? Qu'est-ce que la philosophie au moyen âge? What is Philosophy in the Middle Ages?: Akten des X. Internationalen Kongresses für Mittelalterliche Philosophie der Société Internationale pour l'Etude de la Philosophie Médié, De Gruyter. pp. 922-928. 1997.
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426One of the main philosophical works by Alexander of Aphrodisias, De principiis, is lost in its original Greek text, but it is preserved in three extant Medieval Semitic versions, one in Syriac and two in Arabic, which were written in the Near East between 500 and 950 AD. These versions are not totally identical and, as we have shown in 2012, they are in a rather complex textual relationship. As we will show in this article, a tentative reconstruction of the lost text should be based upon an atte…Read more
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411Aristotle’s Theory of Causes and the Holy TrinityLaval Théologique et Philosophique 64 (3): 681-690. 2008.L’identité et la datation de Nicolas le Péripatéticien, l’auteur d’un sommaire de la philosophie d’Aristote, ont fait l’objet d’un article récent de Silvia Fazzo paru dans la Revue des Études Grecques. Contre la datation courante, fondée sur l’identification de Nicolas à l’historien de grand renom Nicolas Damascène , Fazzo a montré que Nicolas avait probablement vécu au cours de la période couvrant les IIIe au Ve siècles ap. J.-C., et plus problablement à l’époque de l’empereur Julien l’Apostat …Read more
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3Disciples and Masters in Late Medieval Jewish Philosophical Schools in Provence and Italy : The Cases of Levi Ben Gershom and Judah Messer LeonIn Thomas Jeschke & Andreas Speer (eds.), Schüler und Meister, De Gruyter. pp. 467-482. 2016.
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2Possible Hebrew Quotations of the Metaphysical Section of Avicenna’s Oriental Philosophy and Their Historical MeaningIn Dag Nikolaus Hasse & Amos Bertolacci (eds.), The Arabic, Hebrew and Latin Reception of Avicenna's "Metaphysics", De Gruyter. pp. 177-196. 2011.
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1Avicenna’s Metaphysics in the Medieval Hebrew Philosophical TraditionIn Dag Nikolaus Hasse & Amos Bertolacci (eds.), The Arabic, Hebrew and Latin Reception of Avicenna's "Metaphysics", De Gruyter. pp. 153-158. 2011.
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18Notes on “some notes on ‘avicenna among medieval jews’ ” by professor Steven HarveyArabic Sciences and Philosophy 26 (2): 309-311. 2016.Professor Steven Harvey has honored us with a 28-page critique of our 2012 paper, “Avicenna among medieval Jews.” In our opinion, his text is wanting in both form and substance.
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11Hezekiah bar Halafta and Judah Messer Leon, who wrote in 14th – 15th century in Provence and Italy, were the first and last of “Jewish Schoolman.” This short article compares two texts, in order to showing differences and similarities.
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1Hebrew Scholasticism in the Fiftheenth Century. A History and Source BookTijdschrift Voor Filosofie 69 (3): 579-580. 2007.
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57About Todros Todrosi's Medieval Hebrew Translation of al-Fārābī's Lost Long Commentary/gloss-commentary On Aristotle's Topics, Book VIIIHistory and Philosophy of Logic 32 (1): 37-45. 2011.Among the many logical works by Abū Nasr Muhammad al-Fārābī (870–950), there are two commentaries on particular books or points of Aristotle's Topics, whose original Arabic text has been apparently lost. A number of quotations of one or both of them, translated into Hebrew, has been recently found in a philosophical anthology by a fourteenth-century Provençal Jewish scholar, Todros Todrosi. In this article, a detailed list of these quotations is given, and a tentative short examination of the co…Read more
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The Revisions of Qalonymos ben Qalonymos's Medieval Hebrew Version of Averroes's «Middle Commentary on Aristotle's Metaphysics»Documenti E Studi Sulla Tradizione Filosofica Medievale 21 457-473. 2010.
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10Al-Fārābī, Latin Translations ofIn H. Lagerlund (ed.), Encyclopedia of Medieval Philosophy, Springer. pp. 352--354. 2011.
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Two new jewish-arab philosophical sources known and used by Giovanni pico Della mirandolaRinascimento 48 185-196. 2008.
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28Influence of arabic and islamic philosophy on judaic thoughtStanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. 2008.
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Due nuove fonti filosofiche giudeo-arabe conosciute e impiegate da Giovanni Pico della MirandolaRinascimento 48 185. 2008.
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Abū Muhammad ‘Abdallāh Ibn Ru¨d . On Whether the Active Intellect Unites with the Material Intellect whilst it is Clothed with the Body. A critical Edition of the Three Extant Medieval Versions, together with an English Translation’Archives d'Histoire Doctrinale et Littéraire du Moyen Âge 67 295-335. 2000.This is the only known philosophical text of a son of Averroes. While the Arabic text survives in only one manuscript, several manuscripts of both a Hebrew and a Latin translation attest to the popularity of the work in the late Middle Ages. This article provides a new edition of the Arabic text, and the first critical editions of the Hebrew and Latin translations, as well as an English translation and a quadrilingual glossary
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1The Zoological Writings in the Hebrew Tradition. The Hebrew approach to Aristotle's zoological writings and to their ancient and medieval commentators in the Middle AgesIn Carlos G. Steel, Guy Guldentops & Pieter Beullens (eds.), Aristotle's animals in the Middle Ages and Renaissance, Leuven University Press. pp. 44--68. 1999.
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28Moses Ibn 'Ezra's "Treatise of the Garden" and Maimonides' "Guide of the perplexed"Revista Española de Filosofía Medieval 12 49-54. 2005.El poeta español Moses Ibn 'Ezra es autor de una obra de carácter filosófico y filológico, titulada Tratado del jardín. En la primera parte de esta obra Moses Ibn 'Ezra desarrolla temas de teología, metafísica, fisiología humana y psicología, todo ello al hilo de su análisis lingüístico y terminológico sobre algunos pasajes dé la Biblia Hebrea. En el presente trabajo sostengo que tanto el esquema general de la obra mencionada como el tratamiento que hace Moses Ibn 'Ezra de algunos temas, podrían…Read more
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Filosofia e religione nell’ebraismo medievale: un tentativo di panoramica storicaDiscipline Filosofiche 9 (1). 1999.
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1La filosofia antica nel Medioevo ebraico: le traduzioni ebraiche medievali dei testi filosoficiPhilosophica 2 121-26. 1996.
Areas of Interest
Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy |
Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy |