The Jews and the sciences in the Middle Ages

Science in the Jewish communities of the Iberian Peninsula Sa'adya and the sciences some astrological themes in the thought of Abraham ibn Ezra Maimonides and astronomy - some further reflections acceptance and devaluation - Nahmanides' attitude towards science Gersonides on the magnet and the heat of the sun the astronomy of Rabbi Moses Isserles some new medical manuscripts from Moscow the scientific writings of Mordekhai Finzi teh Hebrew astronomical codex MS Sasson 823.