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Ibn Zabara

NAWALT refuted: king demonstrates all women are unfaithful

In Joseph ibn Zabara’s Sefer Shaashuim, an Arab king empirically refuted NAWALT and demonstrated that all women are unfaithful and wonderful. … Read the post NAWALT refuted: king demonstrates all women are unfaithful

humorous medicine for healing pain of personal scholarly battles

Yosef ibn Zabara’s Book of Delight is humorous medicine from a physician enmeshed in personal scholarly battles common in the ancient Islamic world. … Read the post humorous medicine for healing pain of personal scholarly battles

medieval anti-medical satire reveals greed and pretense to know

Zabara’s and Galipapa’s under-appreciated medieval anti-medical satire attacked physicians who lost their moral balance to greed and pretense of knowledge. … Read the post medieval anti-medical satire reveals greed and pretense to know

Sefer Shaashuim provides folk wisdom on how wars start

The medieval Hebrew book Sefer Shaashuim includes a tale about how a war started. A related medieval text provides similar folk wisdom about war. … Read the post Sefer Shaashuim provides folk wisdom on how wars start