The Beginning of Wisdom is a one of the most important of the basic medieval texts of astrology. Originally written in Hebrew by Ibn Ezra it was translated into old French by Hagin de Juif and thence into Latin by Peter of Abano among others.

It served as the backbone to an extensive and quite complete textbook of astrology by Ibn Ezra which also included The Book of Reasons, The Book of Nativities and others.