| Title | Gersonides as Commentator in the Light of his Supercommentary on Averroes's Epitome of the Physics |
| Type | Article |
| Language | French |
| Date | 2022 |
| Journal | Revue des Études Juives |
| Volume | 181 |
| Issue | 1-2 |
| Pages | 185–222 |
| Categories | Tradition and Reception, Gersonides, Commentary, Method |
| Author(s) | Esti Eisenmann |
| Publisher(s) | |
| Translator(s) |
| The article analyzes Gersonides (1288-1344) as a commentator, through the lens of his supercommentary on Averroes’s Epitome of Aristotle’s Physics. In the first section of the article, we question the assumption that this work is indeed a supercommentary and explain why it may nevertheless be included in the genre. In the second section, the article provides examples of Gersonides’ exegetical procedure. Given that the supercommentary on the Epitome of the Physics was the first supercommentary Gersonides wrote, the analysis of Gersonides’ methods sheds light on his image as an exegete and can help us determine his objective in commenting on this text and the readership he envisaged. He seems to be adressing readers who were taking their first steps in Aristotle’s works on nature and to have endeavored to guide them in this field. |
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| Title | Questions of Methodology in Aristotle’s Zoology: A Medieval Perspective |
| Type | Article |
| Language | English |
| Date | 2012 |
| Journal | Journal of the History of Biology |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 329–352 |
| Categories | Aristotle, Tradition and Reception, Commentary, Gersonides |
| Author(s) | Ahuva Gaziel |
| Publisher(s) | |
| Translator(s) |
| During the Middle Ages Aristotle’s treatises were accessible to intellectuals via translations and commentaries. Among his works on natural philosophy, the zoological books received relatively little scholarly attention, though several medieval commentators carefully studied Aristotle’s investigations of the animal kingdom. Averroes completed in 1169 a commentary on an Arabic translation of Aristotle’s Parts of Animals and Generation of Animals. In 1323 Gersonides completed his supercommentary on a Hebrew translation of Averroes’ commentary. This article examines how these two medieval commentators interpret the first book of Aristotle’s Parts of Animals, at the center of which stand methodological questions regarding the study of animals. Aristotle’s discussion of classification is presented by Averroes and Gersonides in light of an epistemological debate concerning the requisite method for scientific inquiries and discoveries. Sense perception is contrasted with rational reasoning, and ultimately a combined method is proposed, sense perception maintaining supremacy. These commentators outline a clear link between the systematic arrangement of animal species as offered by Aristotle, and his subsequent logical demonstrations which, according to them, form the core of biological investigations. |
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| Title | On Gersonides' Knowledge of Languages |
| Type | Article |
| Language | English |
| Date | 2002 |
| Journal | Aleph |
| Volume | 2 |
| Pages | 235-257 |
| Categories | Gersonides, Commentary, Averroism, Tradition and Reception |
| Author(s) | Ruth Glasner |
| Publisher(s) | |
| Translator(s) |
| Online Access | https://www.jstor.org/stable/40385482 |
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| Title | Preliminary Observations on Gersonides' Logical Writings |
| Type | Article |
| Language | English |
| Date | 1985 |
| Journal | Proceedings of the American Academy for Jewish Research |
| Volume | 52 |
| Pages | 85-113 |
| Categories | Logic, Gersonides, Commentary, Influence |
| Author(s) | Charles Manekin |
| Publisher(s) | |
| Translator(s) |
| Online Access | https://www.jstor.org/stable/3622703 |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.2307/3622703 |
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| Title | Gersonides as Commentator in the Light of his Supercommentary on Averroes's Epitome of the Physics |
| Type | Article |
| Language | French |
| Date | 2022 |
| Journal | Revue des Études Juives |
| Volume | 181 |
| Issue | 1-2 |
| Pages | 185–222 |
| Categories | Tradition and Reception, Gersonides, Commentary, Method |
| Author(s) | Esti Eisenmann |
| Publisher(s) | |
| Translator(s) |
| The article analyzes Gersonides (1288-1344) as a commentator, through the lens of his supercommentary on Averroes’s Epitome of Aristotle’s Physics. In the first section of the article, we question the assumption that this work is indeed a supercommentary and explain why it may nevertheless be included in the genre. In the second section, the article provides examples of Gersonides’ exegetical procedure. Given that the supercommentary on the Epitome of the Physics was the first supercommentary Gersonides wrote, the analysis of Gersonides’ methods sheds light on his image as an exegete and can help us determine his objective in commenting on this text and the readership he envisaged. He seems to be adressing readers who were taking their first steps in Aristotle’s works on nature and to have endeavored to guide them in this field. |
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| Title | On Gersonides' Knowledge of Languages |
| Type | Article |
| Language | English |
| Date | 2002 |
| Journal | Aleph |
| Volume | 2 |
| Pages | 235-257 |
| Categories | Gersonides, Commentary, Averroism, Tradition and Reception |
| Author(s) | Ruth Glasner |
| Publisher(s) | |
| Translator(s) |
| Online Access | https://www.jstor.org/stable/40385482 |
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| Title | Preliminary Observations on Gersonides' Logical Writings |
| Type | Article |
| Language | English |
| Date | 1985 |
| Journal | Proceedings of the American Academy for Jewish Research |
| Volume | 52 |
| Pages | 85-113 |
| Categories | Logic, Gersonides, Commentary, Influence |
| Author(s) | Charles Manekin |
| Publisher(s) | |
| Translator(s) |
| Online Access | https://www.jstor.org/stable/3622703 |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.2307/3622703 |
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| Title | Questions of Methodology in Aristotle’s Zoology: A Medieval Perspective |
| Type | Article |
| Language | English |
| Date | 2012 |
| Journal | Journal of the History of Biology |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 329–352 |
| Categories | Aristotle, Tradition and Reception, Commentary, Gersonides |
| Author(s) | Ahuva Gaziel |
| Publisher(s) | |
| Translator(s) |
| During the Middle Ages Aristotle’s treatises were accessible to intellectuals via translations and commentaries. Among his works on natural philosophy, the zoological books received relatively little scholarly attention, though several medieval commentators carefully studied Aristotle’s investigations of the animal kingdom. Averroes completed in 1169 a commentary on an Arabic translation of Aristotle’s Parts of Animals and Generation of Animals. In 1323 Gersonides completed his supercommentary on a Hebrew translation of Averroes’ commentary. This article examines how these two medieval commentators interpret the first book of Aristotle’s Parts of Animals, at the center of which stand methodological questions regarding the study of animals. Aristotle’s discussion of classification is presented by Averroes and Gersonides in light of an epistemological debate concerning the requisite method for scientific inquiries and discoveries. Sense perception is contrasted with rational reasoning, and ultimately a combined method is proposed, sense perception maintaining supremacy. These commentators outline a clear link between the systematic arrangement of animal species as offered by Aristotle, and his subsequent logical demonstrations which, according to them, form the core of biological investigations. |
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