Isis Current Bibliography 2006, Vol. 97 - History of Science Society

48 250. Jewish contexts
240-152. HEALTH, NUTRITION, AND PUBLIC
HEALTH
893. JONES, Margaret. Health Policy in Britain’s
Model Colony: Ceylon, 1900–1948. New Perspectives
in South Asian History. (xiv + 305 pp.; ill.; bibl.;
index.) New Delhi: Orient Longman, 2004. ISBN:
8125027599.
240-160. TECHNOLOGY IN GENERAL
894. BALASUBRAMANIAM, R. et al. “Thematic
Issue: Forge-Welded Cannons of Medieval India.”
Indian J. Hist. Sci. 40 (2005): 259–435.
Contributors include R. BALASUBRAMANIAM, A. SAXENA,
T. R. ANATHARAMAN, K. BHATTACHARYA, A. K. NIGAM,
M. SURENDER, S. SANKARAN, D. NEFF, and A. K. BAG.
895. BALASUBRAMANIAM, R., and N. MAHAJAN.
“Some Metallurgical Aspects of Gupta Period Gold
Coin Manufacturing Technology.” Indian J. Hist. Sci.
38 (2003): 331–349.
896. RAJAN, K., and N. ATHIYAMAN. “Traditional
Gemstone Cutting Technology of Kongu Region in
Tamil Nadu.” Indian J. Hist. Sci. 39 (2004): 385–414.
897. WAGNER, Donald B. et al. “Thematic Issue:
Cannons, Gunpowder, Artillery, Military Modernization
and Technology in the Medieval Period.” Indian
J. Hist. Sci. 40 (2005): 437–677.
Most articles are about India, but includes one about China
and one about Europe. Contributors include Donald B.
WAGNER, Robert Douglas SMITH, Pranab Kumar CHAT-
TOPADHYAY, S. Jai KISHAN, R. BALASUBRAMANIAM,
Arun Kumar BISWAS, Jean DELOCHE, Kaushik ROY, and A.
K. BAG.
240-163. AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES
898. ASHRAF, Jaweed. “Some Medieval
Manuscripts on Horticulture.” Indian J. Hist. Sci.
41 (2006): 77–96.
899. ATHIYAMAN, N., and K. RAJAN. “Traditional
Pearl and Chank Diving Technique in Gulf of Mannar:
A Historical and Ethnographic Study.” Indian J. Hist.
Sci. 39 (2004): 205–226.
900. SENSARMA, Priyadarsan. “Dietary Biodiversity
in the Vis. n. u-Sam. hitā.” Indian J. Hist. Sci. 41 (2006):
15–28.
901. SENSARMA, Priyadarsan. “Dietary Biodiversity
in Yājñavalkya-sam. hitā.” Indian J. Hist. Sci. 38
(2003): 321–330.
On the nature of this special diet and how it promotes conservation
of environmental biodiversity.
250. JEWISH CONTEXTS
250-4. ENCYCLOPEDIAS; DICTIONARIES;
REFERENCE WORKS
902. KELLNER, Menachem. “Bibliographia Gersonideana,
1992–2002.” Aleph 3 (2003): 345–374.
Supplements the bibliography in Freudenthal, Studies on
Gersonides (Leiden, 1992), pp. 367-414.
250-28. SCIENCE AND RELIGION
903. LANGERMANN, Y. Tzvi. “From My Notebooks:
A Citation from Saadia’s Long Commentary
to Genesis, in Hebrew Translation.” Aleph 4 (2004):
293–297.
904. LANGERMANN, Y. Tzvi. “From My Notebooks:
Two Treatises on the Letters of the Hebrew
Alphabet.” Aleph 3 (2003): 293–299.
250-101. OCCULT SCIENCES AND MAGIC
905. ELIOR, Rachel. “Ancient Jewish Calendars: A
Response.” Aleph 5 (2005): 293–302.
Essay review of ELIOR [ref. 906].
906. ELIOR, Rachel. The Three Temples: On the
Emergence of Jewish Mysticism. Translated from
the Hebrew by David LOUVISH. Littman Library
of Jewish Civilization. (x + 301 pp.; bibl; index.)
Portland, Or.: Littman Library of Jewish Civilization,
2004. ISBN: 1874774668.
Originally published in 2001 under the Hebrew title Mikdash
u-merkavah, kohanim u-mal’akhim, hekhal ve-hekhalot bamistikah
ha-Yehudit ha-kedumah. Reviews: [ref. 905, 908]
907. SCHWARTZ, Dov. “Conceptions of Astral
Magic within Jewish Rationalism in the Byzantine
Empire.” Aleph 3 (2003): 165–211.
908. STERN, Sacha. “Rachel Elior on Ancient Jewish
Calendars: A Critique.” Aleph 5 (2005): 287–292.
Essay review of ELIOR [ref. 906].
250-102. HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY AND
HISTORY OF IDEAS
909. LÉVY, Tony, and Roshdi RASHED. (Eds.)
Maïmonide : philosophe et savant (1138–1204). Ancient
and Classical Sciences and Philosophy. (xi +
477 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index.) Leuven: Peeters, 2004.
ISBN: 9042914580.
Proceedings of a colloquium held in Paris. Contents: Joel
L. KRAEMER, “Maimonides’ Intellectual Milieu in Cairo,”
1-37; HASNAWI [ref. 1120]; FREUDENTHAL [ref. 1150];
HYMAN [ref. 1121]; Josef STERN, “Maimonides on the
Growth of Knowledge and Limitations of the Intellect,”
143-191; Rémi BRAGUE, “La porte de la nature. Note sur
la nature et la loi selon Maïmonide,” 193-208; W. Zéev
HARVEY, “Hasday Crescas contre Maïmonide sur la preuve
physique de l’existence de Dieu,” 209-213; LÉVY [ref. 1138];
RASHED [ref. 1140]; LANGERMANN [ref. 1213]; FENTON
[ref. 1228]; NICOUD [ref. 1215].
910. ROTHSCHILD, Jean-Pierre. “L’Etat présent de
la recherche en philosophie juive médiévale.” Rev
Étud. Juives 164 (2005): 251–268.
911. SCHWARTZ, Dov. Central Problems of Medieval
Jewish Philosophy. The Brill Reference Library
of Judaism, v. 26. (vii + 282 pp.; bibl.; index.)
Leiden: Brill, 2005. ISBN: 9004148051.
250-104. MUSIC
912. SHILOAH, Amnon. “Musical Concepts in the
Works of Saadia Gaon.” Aleph 4 (2004): 265–282.
250-110. ASTRONOMY AND COSMOLOGY
913. GOLDSTEIN, Bernard R. “Colors of Eclipses
in Medieval Hebrew Astronomical Tables.” Aleph 5
(2005): 11–34.
914. MANCHA, José Luis, and Gad FREUDENTHAL.
“Levi ben Gershom’s Criticism of Ptolemy’s Astronomy.”
Aleph 5 (2005): 35–167.