Volkstümliche Astronomie Im Islamischen Mittelalter: Zur Bestimmung Der Gebetszeiten Und Der Qibla Bei Al-Aṣbaḥī, Ibn Raḥī

Erscheinungsjahr 2007
ISBN: 978-90-04-15390-5
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 68, 879 Seiten, 2 vols, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 1895 g

Reihe: Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science. Texts and Studies

This volume deals with the determination of the times of Muslim prayer and the direction towards the Kaaba in Mecca (Arabic 'qibla') in a little known astronomical tradition of the Islamic Middle Ages. It presents an edition, translation, and explanation of selected chapters from three of the most important folk astronomical treatises, written by al-Aá¹£baḥī (Yemen, 13th c.), Ibn Raḥīq (Hejaz, 11th c.), and al-FÄrisÄ« (Yemen, 13th c.).
The first part introduces the authors and their works and describes the relevant religious and astronomical background. The second part comprises the edition of the selected – and now for the first time published – chapters of the three works and a German translation. The third part contains a lexicographical survey with basic astronomical, religious, and related information, and a commentary on each chapter. The fourth part gives an overview of the topics dicussed.

vol.1: xxii, 362 pp. vol.2: iv, 504 pp.

Zielgruppe

All those interested in the history of astronomy, especially in the Islamic Middle Ages, and the relations between Islam and astronomy, scholars of Arabic and Islamic Studies, as well as historians of science and archaeoastronomers.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Schmidl, Petra

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam: Philosophie & Wissenschaften
• Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Geschichte der Astronomie
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Geschichte des Islam Geschichte des Islam: 7. - 14. Jahrhundert

Über Autor(innen)

Schmidl, Petra
Petra G. Schmidl is Research Assistant at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt. After studying history, ethnology, physics, and history of science, her major research interests are in the field of astronomy in medieval Islamic culture, folk astronomy and astronomical instrumentation in East and West.

Petra G. Schmidl is Research Assistant at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt. After studying history, ethnology, physics, and history of science, her major research interests are in the field of astronomy in medieval Islamic culture, folk astronomy and astronomical instrumentation in East and West.