Theophilus of Edessa: Translating His Astrological Works

The Astrology Podcast

Chris Brennan

Religion & Spirituality, Spirituality, Religion

4.7 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 24 August 2017

⏱️ 119 minutes

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In episode 120 of the podcast Benjamin Dykes and Eduardo Gramaglia join the show to talk about their new translation of the astrological works of the 8th century astrologer Theophilus of Edessa. Theophilus was a Christian astrologer who served the kings of the early Islamic Empire around the time of the pivotal transition between the […]

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0:00.0	and Hi, my name is Chris Brennan, and you're listening to the
0:23.2	Astrology Podcast. This episode is recorded on Tuesday, August 15th, 2017
0:28.9	starting at 332 p.m. in Denver, Colorado, and this is the 119th episode of the show.
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0:45.9	In this episode I'm going to be talking with Benjamin Dykes and Eduardo Grimalia about their
0:50.4	new translation of the work of the 8th century astrologer Theophilus of Odessa.
0:55.0	Ben and Eduardo, welcome to the show.
0:57.0	Thanks for having me. Thank you very much.
1:00.0	Glad to be back.
1:01.0	Hey, it's really, I'm really excited.
1:03.4	I think I say this at the top of just about every episode, but in this episode I genuinely
1:08.3	mean it that I'm actually very excited about this episode because this is a landmark publication that the two of you have done.
1:16.2	And I think this is something that I've been wanting to see a translation of the works of Theophilus
1:21.6	of Odessa for at least 10 years now since 2006, 2007,
1:26.0	and especially after David Pingree died in 2005,
1:31.0	who had been working on a critical edition of Theophilus, I kind of didn't think we would ever see it happen anytime in the near future or potentially even in my lifetime, but you guys have come through with an amazing new landmark translation of essentially all of the existing texts that survive from this important pivotal figure from the 8th century.
1:54.1	So first I just wanted to thank and congratulate both of you for pulling this off.
2:00.5	How long have you been working on this project?
2:03.4	I guess it's been a few years now?
2:05.8	About three years, four years, Ben.
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