Leigh Chipman
Biographic Data
| ID | 3891105 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Leigh Chipman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Leigh |
| FAMILY NAME | Chipman |
| SIGNATURE | CHIPMAN L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8447-3950 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Collapse, affluence, and collapse again
The article examines the rapid and frequent transitions between periods of affluence and periods of real famine that occurred during the long reign of the Egyptian ruler al-Mustanṣir (1036–1094), as well as the correlation between these transitions and the fluctuations in the annual rise in the Nile flow which determine the availability of grain and food prices. The authors conclude that: (1) The transitions between affluence and dearth occurred …
The Jewish Presence in Arabic Writings on Medicine and Pharmacology During the Medieval Period
The Jewish connection to medicine is longstanding and ongoing, as has been the interest in the history of medicine among Jews. This paper will attempt to go beyond the 'Great Men' school of historiography, to discuss a number of aspects of the Jewish presence in the fields of pharmacy and medicine in the Arabophone world in the medieval period, and Jews' interactions with the Islamic majority. The emphasis will be on pharmacy and medicine in the …
Arabic Prescriptions from the Cairo Genizah
[Abstract Hitherto, research on Arabic pharmacy and pharmacology has largely been based on the study of pharmacopoeias. While practical in nature, it is not clear to what extent the recipes in the pharmacopoeias were in fact used. The Cairo Genizah, the most famous and best preserved of the many depositories of documents written by medieval Jewish communities, provides us with a unique glimpse of practical medicine, by virtue of the prescriptions…
The World of Pharmacy and Pharmacists in Mamlūk Cairo
This is the first detailed analysis of an immensely popular 13th c. Arabic guide for pharmacists, from a time in which Jewish physicians and pharmacists worked alongside Muslim and Christian practioners. Minhāj al-dukkān ("How to manage a pharmacy"), by Abū ʾl-Munā al-Kūhīn al-ʿAṭṭār (fl. 1260) is the first attempt to explore the full spectrum of pharmacy in the medieval Arabic world: identification of the materia medica and methods of preparatio…
Take a Lame and Decrepit Female Hyena
Sābūr ibn Sahl's al-Aqrābādhīn al-saghīr is the earliest Arabic pharmacopoeia known to have survived. Finding fragments of Sābūr's pharmacopoeia in the Cairo Genizah shows that it was used by the medical practitioners of the Jewish community of Cairo, possibly long after it is supposed to have been superceded by other works. We present here a synoptic edition of two Arabic fragments, T-S Ar. 40.5 and Ar. 41.90. These fragments overlap to a large …
Islamic Pharmacy in the Mamlūk and Mongol Realms
This article will discuss aspects of pharmacy in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries CE, when the central Islamic lands–which also form a central part of the Silk Road between China and Europe-were dominated by the Mamlūk Empire in Egypt and Syria, and the Mongol Īl–khāns in Iran. Exchanges of practical and theoretical knowledge occurred across the hostile frontier, but it remains ro be seen to what extent this affected the practice of commun…
Texts/Documents/Translations - A Fragment of a Judaeo-Arabic Manuscript of Sābūr b. Sahl's Al-Aqrābādhīn al- aghīr Found in the Taylor-Schechter Cairo Genizah Collection
Adam and the Angels
This paper examines the involvement of the angels in the creation of Adam as an example of mythopoetic activity in Islam. This involvement takes the form of the angels' reaction to Adam's creation and to Adam's superior knowledge. These themes also developed within an anti-Gnostic polemic; the figure of the First Man is important for Gnosticism no less than for Judaism or Islam, yet their visions of this figure differed greatly. The relations bet…
Mythic Aspects of the Process of Adam's Creation in Judaism and Islam
This paper aims to examine various tales of how God created Adam from clay as an example of mythopoetic activity in Islam. Comparison of the Jewish, Islamic and Gnostic material relating to the creation of Adam in these three religions will show that Islam, far from rejecting myth outright, in fact stands in the middle of a continuum whose extremes are Judaism (generally regarded as lacking in myth) on the one hand and Gnosticism (generally regar…
Take a Lame and Decrepit Female Hyena
Sābūr ibn Sahl's al-Aqrābādhīn al-saghīr is the earliest Arabic pharmacopoeia known to have survived. Finding fragments of Sābūr's pharmacopoeia in the Cairo Genizah shows that it was used by the medical practitioners of the Jewish community of Cairo, possibly long after it is supposed to have been superceded by other works. We present here a synoptic edition of two Arabic fragments, T-S Ar. 40.5 and Ar. 41.90. These fragments overlap to a large …
Texts/Documents/Translations - A Fragment of a Judaeo-Arabic Manuscript of Sābūr b. Sahl's Al-Aqrābādhīn al- aghīr Found in the Taylor-Schechter Cairo Genizah Collection
Mythic Aspects of the Process of Adam's Creation in Judaism and Islam
This paper aims to examine various tales of how God created Adam from clay as an example of mythopoetic activity in Islam. Comparison of the Jewish, Islamic and Gnostic material relating to the creation of Adam in these three religions will show that Islam, far from rejecting myth outright, in fact stands in the middle of a continuum whose extremes are Judaism (generally regarded as lacking in myth) on the one hand and Gnosticism (generally regar…
Mythic Aspects of the Process of Adam's Creation in Judaism and Islam
This paper aims to examine various tales of how God created Adam from clay as an example of mythopoetic activity in Islam. Comparison of the Jewish, Islamic and Gnostic material relating to the creation of Adam in these three religions will show that Islam, far from rejecting myth outright, in fact stands in the middle of a continuum whose extremes are Judaism (generally regarded as lacking in myth) on the one hand and Gnosticism (generally regar…
Adam and the Angels
This paper examines the involvement of the angels in the creation of Adam as an example of mythopoetic activity in Islam. This involvement takes the form of the angels' reaction to Adam's creation and to Adam's superior knowledge. These themes also developed within an anti-Gnostic polemic; the figure of the First Man is important for Gnosticism no less than for Judaism or Islam, yet their visions of this figure differed greatly. The relations bet…
Islamic Pharmacy in the Mamlūk and Mongol Realms
This article will discuss aspects of pharmacy in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries CE, when the central Islamic lands–which also form a central part of the Silk Road between China and Europe-were dominated by the Mamlūk Empire in Egypt and Syria, and the Mongol Īl–khāns in Iran. Exchanges of practical and theoretical knowledge occurred across the hostile frontier, but it remains ro be seen to what extent this affected the practice of commun…
Texts/Documents/Translations - A Fragment of a Judaeo-Arabic Manuscript of Sābūr b. Sahl's Al-Aqrābādhīn al- aghīr Found in the Taylor-Schechter Cairo Genizah Collection
Take a Lame and Decrepit Female Hyena
Sābūr ibn Sahl's al-Aqrābādhīn al-saghīr is the earliest Arabic pharmacopoeia known to have survived. Finding fragments of Sābūr's pharmacopoeia in the Cairo Genizah shows that it was used by the medical practitioners of the Jewish community of Cairo, possibly long after it is supposed to have been superceded by other works. We present here a synoptic edition of two Arabic fragments, T-S Ar. 40.5 and Ar. 41.90. These fragments overlap to a large …
The World of Pharmacy and Pharmacists in Mamlūk Cairo
This is the first detailed analysis of an immensely popular 13th c. Arabic guide for pharmacists, from a time in which Jewish physicians and pharmacists worked alongside Muslim and Christian practioners. Minhāj al-dukkān ("How to manage a pharmacy"), by Abū ʾl-Munā al-Kūhīn al-ʿAṭṭār (fl. 1260) is the first attempt to explore the full spectrum of pharmacy in the medieval Arabic world: identification of the materia medica and methods of preparatio…
Arabic Prescriptions from the Cairo Genizah
[Abstract Hitherto, research on Arabic pharmacy and pharmacology has largely been based on the study of pharmacopoeias. While practical in nature, it is not clear to what extent the recipes in the pharmacopoeias were in fact used. The Cairo Genizah, the most famous and best preserved of the many depositories of documents written by medieval Jewish communities, provides us with a unique glimpse of practical medicine, by virtue of the prescriptions…
The Jewish Presence in Arabic Writings on Medicine and Pharmacology During the Medieval Period
The Jewish connection to medicine is longstanding and ongoing, as has been the interest in the history of medicine among Jews. This paper will attempt to go beyond the 'Great Men' school of historiography, to discuss a number of aspects of the Jewish presence in the fields of pharmacy and medicine in the Arabophone world in the medieval period, and Jews' interactions with the Islamic majority. The emphasis will be on pharmacy and medicine in the …
Collapse, affluence, and collapse again
The article examines the rapid and frequent transitions between periods of affluence and periods of real famine that occurred during the long reign of the Egyptian ruler al-Mustanṣir (1036–1094), as well as the correlation between these transitions and the fluctuations in the annual rise in the Nile flow which determine the availability of grain and food prices. The authors conclude that: (1) The transitions between affluence and dearth occurred …
Philosophy (8 works) · Arabic (6 works) · History (6 works) · Judaism (6 works) · Ancient history (5 works) · Archaeology and Historical Studies (5 works) · Islamic Studies and History (5 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Traditional medicine (5 works) · Archaeology (4 works)