Shem Tob ibn Falaquera e la filologia ebraica medievale. A proposito di due libri recenti

Abstract

The recent publication of two books gives the opportunity of a study about some aspects of the work of Shem Tob ben Yosef ibn Falaquera, a Sephardi philosopher living in the 13th century, as translator of Arabic philosophy and science. They contain editions (accompanied by English translations) of two writings: the ’Iggereṯ ha-Wikuaḥ, edited by S. Harvey, and the section of the Sefer De‛ôṯ ha-Filosofîm devoted to Nicolaus Damascenus' De Plantis, edited by H. J. Drossaart Lulofs. The ecdotic criteria and the textual basis of the two editions are examined, and some corrections and integrations are suggested.