Sahl ibn Bishr: A New Translation by Benjamin Dykes

The Astrology Podcast

Chris Brennan

Religion & Spirituality, Spirituality, Religion

4.7 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 22 March 2019

⏱️ 118 minutes

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Episode 198 features an interview with Benjamin Dykes about his new translation of the works of the 9th century astrologer Sahl ibn Bishr from Arabic. Sahl was part of the second generation of astrologers who wrote in Arabic and worked in Baghdad during the early Islamic Caliphate. He seems to have been active around 815–825 […]

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0:00.0	and Hi, my name is Chris Brennan, and you're listening to the astrology podcast.
0:25.0	This is, today is what is, it's Tuesday, March 19th, 2019,
0:30.0	starting at 538 PM in Denver, Colorado, and this is the 198th episode of the show.
0:36.8	In this episode I'm going to be talking with Benjamin Dykes about his new translation of the work of the
0:42.3	ninth century astrologer Saul bin Bissher.
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0:55.0	Hey Ben, thanks for joining me today.
0:57.0	Thanks for having me back.
0:59.0	All right, so I'm at, this is episode 198 of the astrology podcast and you actually joined me for
1:07.0	episode two. You were my very first guest on the podcast I believe way back in episode two in 2012 when you had just published
1:15.0	Choices and Inceptions, which was your translation of works on medieval
1:19.6	electional astrology, right? Wow, is it that far back?
1:23.0	Okay, yeah, I remember.
1:25.0	Yeah, apparently.
1:26.0	So you've been busy in the meantime.
1:29.0	I asked you yesterday, like how many works you had translated over the past decade, and I think the number you came up with was like 18, right?
1:37.0	Yeah, I think so.
1:39.0	Okay.
1:40.0	All right, well, let's jump into this discussion.
1:43.6	So, like I said, your first appearance was on episode number two.
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