Document Type
Book Chapter
Date of this Version
2000
Publication Source
The Encyclopedia of the Renaissance
Start Page
310
Last Page
312
Abstract
It is difficult to speak about Jewish involvement in the medicine and science during the Renaissance and beyond without reference to Jewish traditions of medical and scientific activity in the ancient and medieval periods. Perceiving themselves as proud heirs of such medieval luminaries as the physician Moses Maimonides (1135-1204), the astrologer Abraham ibn Ezra (1089-1164), and the astronomer Levi ben Gershom (Gersonides; 1288-1344), as well as the biblical Abraham, Solomon, and the ancient rabbis, Jewish thinkers living in early modern Europe continued to believe that the study of nature was a supreme religious ideal and that the roots of magic and medicine, astrology and astronomy, were ultimately located in ancient Jewish sources.
Copyright/Permission Statement
Originally published in The Encyclopedia of the Renaissance 1st Edition, © 2000 Gale, a part of Cengage, Inc. Reproduced with permission. www.cengage.com/permissions
Recommended Citation
Ruderman, D.B. (2000). Jewish Medicine and Science. In Grendler, P. (Ed.), The Encyclopedia of the Renaissance 1st Edition, (pp. 310-312). New York: Scribner's.
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Date Posted: 03 August 2017