Hebrew Manuscripts of the Middle AgesCambridge University Press, 2002 M03 21 - 349 pages Hebrew manuscripts are our most important source of knowledge about Jewish medieval life, and anyone wishing to engage with Jewish history needs to know about the manuscripts, how to study them, and their literary genres. Colette Sirat offers a comprehensive overview of these subjects in this illustrated introduction. The book is a re-structured, extended and updated version of an earlier presentation in French. It has been translated from the author's revision of her earlier French book, and edited for an English readership, by Hebrew scholar Nicholas de Lange. |
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Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The number of manuscripts in Hebrew characters | 8 |
Texts in Hebrew characters and Jewish ideas | 14 |
From the second to seventh centuries CE | 26 |
From the seventh to the ninth centuries CE | 34 |
Legal texts | 61 |
Prayers and liturgical poetry | 73 |
Secular literature | 79 |
Miscellaneous writings | 93 |
Books | 102 |
abbreviations acrostics and the meaning | 230 |
The history of books and texts | 234 |
Some manuscripts | 295 |
| 320 | |
| 337 | |
| 346 | |
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Common terms and phrases
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References to this book
Chosen: Philadelphia's Great Hebraica David Stern,Evelyn M. Cohen,Emile G. L. Schrijver No preview available - 2007 |
Bibliographic information
| Title | Hebrew Manuscripts of the Middle Ages |
| Authors | Colette Sirat, Professor of Hebrew and Jewish Studies Nicholas de Lange |
| Editor | Nicholas De Lange |
| Translated by | Nicholas De Lange |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, 2002 |
| ISBN | 0521770793, 9780521770798 |
| Length | 349 pages |
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