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Learning Hebrew in medieval England : Christian scholars and the Longleat House Grammar
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"Scholars in England in the Middle Ages understood the value of studying languages and their grammar, and the Hebrew language was theologically relevant and ideologically potent. Because it was dif...
"Scholars in England in the Middle Ages understood the value of studying languages and their grammar, and the Hebrew language was theologically relevant and ideologically potent. Because it was difficult to procure Hebrew bibles, dictionaries and grammar manuals, some Christian scholars created their own manuals and textbooks with the help of Jewish teachers. This volume presents an edition, facsimile, and analysis of one such learning tool, a succinct Hebrew grammar written in Hebrew, Latin, and Anglo-Norman French in England in the thirteenth century."--
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- Creator
- Judith Olszowy-Schlanger
- Format
- Books
- Languages
- English, Hebrew, Latin
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- Toronto, Ontario : Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, [2023]
- ©2023
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- x, 193 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780888442307, 0888442300, 9781771104234, 1771104236, 9781771104234
- OCLC
- on1348936184
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Issued also in electronic format.
- Text chiefly in English; some text in Hebrew and Latin.
- The Manuscript: Its Structure, Texts and Scribes -- The Longleat House Grammar and Hebrew Scholarship at Ramsey Abbey -- The Longleat House Grammar and Different Linguistic Approaches to Hebrew in Medieval England -- The Edition of the Longleat House Grammar -- Contents and Sources of the Longleat House Grammar