Title Planets, potions and parchments : scientific Hebraica from the Dead Sea scrolls to the eighteenth century / B. Barry Levy

Published Montreal ; Buffalo : Published for the Jewish Public Library by McGill-Queen's University Press, [1990] ©1990

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 139 pages) : illustrations (some color) Series CEL - Canadian Publishers Collection Contents Introduction : Of whirlwinds and crucibles -- God and Nature in ancient times -- Astronomy -- Mathematics and geometry -- General science -- Medicine -- Science and religious ritual -- Geography and cartography Notes Catalogue of an exhibition presented by the Jewish Public Library, and held May-September 1990 at the David M. Stewart Museum, Montréal Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 136-137) and index Notes Print version record Subject Jewish scientists -- Early works to 1800 -- Bibliography -- Exhibitions Science -- Early works to 1800 -- Bibliography -- Exhibitions Jews -- Medicine -- Early works to 1800 -- Bibliography -- Exhibitions Hebrew imprints -- Exhibitions Manuscripts, Hebrew -- Exhibitions Jewish illumination of books and manuscripts -- Exhibitions Hebrew imprints -- Bibliography -- Exhibitions Science -- History -- Sources -- Bibliography -- Exhibitions Medicine -- History -- Sources -- Bibliography -- Exhibitions Science -- Early works to 1800 -- Bibliography -- Exhibitions Book Imprints -- history Jews -- history Manuscripts as Topic -- history Science -- history SCIENCE -- History. Hebrew imprints Jewish illumination of books and manuscripts Manuscripts, Hebrew Science Genre/Form Electronic books bibliographies. exhibition catalogs. Early works Bibliographies Exhibition catalogs Bibliographies. Exhibition catalogs. Bibliographies. Catalogues d'exposition. Form Electronic book Author David M. Stewart Museum, host institution. Jewish Public Library (Montréal, Québec), sponsoring body. ISBN 9780773562660 0773562664

Other Titles Scientific Hebraica from the Dead Sea scrolls to the eighteenth century

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