SC - Hebrew References

[Decker, Terry D.]

Pardon me, Avicenna (980-1037) is the Persian physician and philosopher Ibn
Sina who wrote the Canon of Medicine.  He is also known for his
interpretation of Aristotle.  He was a Mohammedan.  I believe he may have
been a Sufi from his connection with coffee.  If I remember correctly, he
was a resident of Isfahan in Persia.  He almost certainly was conversant
with Farsi, Arabic, Greek and Latin, and probably with Hebrew.  

Moses ben Maimon (1135-1204) is obviously not a contemporary of Avicenna,
but as a physician and an Aristotlean scholar, the work of Avicenna was
certainly known to him.  His chief works are the Mishneh Torah and the Guide
to the Perplexed. 

Bear

> Someone posted asking about
> Avincenna as a period Hebraic scholar.  I sent the request to my
> Household's Resident Hebraic Expert (he's not a Token anything), Baron
> Master Willaim de Montegilt.   Here is his reply.
> Mistress Christianna MacGrain
> 
> --------- Begin forwarded message ----------
> From: Bill Colbert <billcolbert at earthlink.net>
> 
> Let's see....
> 1) Avicenna lived in Spain and (I think) North Africa
>   in the 12th century.  If memory serves, he was a
>   teacher of Rabbi Moses ben Maimon (aka Maimonides) (on
>   whom be peace!).  Maimonides was a contemporary of
>   Richard Lionheart, and late in life became the personal
>   physician of Saladin.
> 
> 2) Avicenna was a Jewish doctor.  He wrote in Hebrew, and
>   I think, Arabic, which is typical of folks living in
>   al Andalus (Spain) about then.
> 
> 3) Hagadol is really ha-gadol.  "Ha" is "the" and gadol is
>   big (great, large..depending on context).  Thus, 
>   "The Great" in this instance.
> 
> Cheers....William
> 
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