Howard Wolfson (9 results)

Condition: Very Good. Very Good condition. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Paperback. Condition: Good. It's a preowned item in good condition and includes all the pages. It may have some general signs of wear and tear, such as markings, highlighting, slight damage to the cover, minimal wear to the binding, etc., but they will not affect the overall reading experience.

Condition: Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Stapled Pamphlet. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Some light rubbing and edgewear, price in ink on front cover. Text is clean and tight in binding, no ownership or other markings. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Condition: good. Howard Goldstein (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: vg. 4to. xiv. 260pp. Blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Inscribed by Samuel Kurland ti a David Sheraton on front endpaper. "The present volume contains the Hebrew versions of Averroes' two commentaries, the Middle and the Epitome , on "De Generatione et Corruptione", edited by Dr. Samuel Kurland, with the addition of explanatory notes in Hebrew. The Latin version of the Middle Commentary, edited by Professor Francis Howard Fobes, appeared in 1956." Also contains a bibliography, Hebrew-Arabic-Latin-Greek and Greek-Hebrew glossary as well as indexes. Minor scuffing, rubbing to boards and spine, otherwise fine. In Hebrew, with English introduction. In very good condition. Part of a series: The Medieval Academy of America: Publication No. 66.

Series: Mediaeval Academy of America, No. 61. 8vo. xliv, 216 pp. Index. Dark blue cloth, gilt-stamped spine; front cover slightly stained. Ownership signature. Very good. "Ibn Rushd, often Latinized as Averroes, was an Andalusian polymath and jurist who wrote about many subjects, including philosophy, theology, medicine, astronomy, physics, psychology, mathematics, Islamic jurisprudence and law, and linguistics". Harry A. Wolfson was the first chairman of a Judaic Studies Center in the United States, teaching and doing his research at Harvard. He was extremely productive and wrote works including a translation and commentary on Hasdai Crescas' Or Adonai, the philosophy of the church fathers, the repercussions of the Kalam on Judaism, and works on Spinoza, Philo, and Averroes. / Francis Howard Fobes was Professor of Latin at Amherst College. He is remembered for his texts of Aristotle and for his translations.