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Around the year 800, Tiberiades translated the [[Middle Persian]] version of the ''Pentateuch'' by [[Dorotheus of Sidon]]. He translated the five books into the [[Arabic language]].<ref name="Holden2006"/>
Around the year 800, Tiberiades translated the [[Middle Persian]] version of the ''Pentateuch'' by [[Dorotheus of Sidon]]. He translated the five books into the [[Arabic language]].<ref name="Holden2006"/>


A Latin translation of his book was often quoted by Western astrologers.{{cn}}
A Latin translation of his book was often quoted by Western astrologers.{{cn|date=January 2023}}


==See also==
==See also==

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Omar Tiberiades or Abû Hafs 'Umar ibn Farrukhân Tabarî (d. ca. 815), (Persian ابن فرخان طبری) was a Medieval Persian astrologer and architect from Tabaristan.[1][2]

The historical Tabaristan region is in the present-day Mazandaran Province of northern Iran.

Works

Around the year 800, Tiberiades translated the Middle Persian version of the Pentateuch by Dorotheus of Sidon. He translated the five books into the Arabic language.[2]

A Latin translation of his book was often quoted by Western astrologers.[citation needed]

See also

References

  1. ^ Latham, J.D.; Serjeant, R.B. (2006). Young, M.J.L. (ed.). Religion, learning, and science in the ʻAbbasid period (1 ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 293. ISBN 9780521028875. These Iranian astrologers include Nawbakht, Masha'allah b. Athari al-Basri and Abu Hafs 'Umar b. al-Farrukhan al-Tabari
  2. ^ a b Holden, James H. (2006). A History of Horoscopic Astrology (Second ed.). American Federation of Astrologers. p. 111. ISBN 978-0-86690-463-6 – via Google Books.