Bulletin of Judaeo-Greek Studies
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Publisher :
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 44,19 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Jews
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The Jewish-Greek Tradition in Antiquity and the Byzantine Empire
Author : James K. Aitken
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 383 pages
File Size : 34,47 MB
Release : 2014-10-20
Category : Bibles
ISBN : 1107001633
Book Description
This comprehensive survey of Jewish-Greek society's development examines the exchange of language and ideas in biblical translations, literature and archaeology.
The Jewish-Greek Tradition in Antiquity and the Byzantine Empire
Author : James K. Aitken
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 383 pages
File Size : 17,59 MB
Release : 2014-10-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1316060551
Book Description
The Jewish-Greek tradition represents an arguably distinctive strand of Judaism characterized by use of the Greek language and interest in Hellenism. This volume traces the Jewish encounter with Greek culture from the earliest points of contact in antiquity to the end of the Byzantine Empire. It honors Nicholas de Lange, whose distinguished work brought recognition to an undeservedly neglected field, in part by dispelling the common belief that Jewish-Greek culture largely disappeared after 100 CE. The authors examine literature, archaeology, and biblical translations, such as the Septuagint, in order to illustrate the substantial exchange of language and ideas. The Jewish-Greek Tradition in Antiquity and the Byzantine Empire demonstrates the enduring significance of the tradition and will be an essential handbook for anyone interested in Jewish studies, biblical studies, ancient and Byzantine history, or the Greek language.
Handbook of Jewish Languages
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Publisher : BRILL
Page : 780 pages
File Size : 13,4 MB
Release : 2017-10-17
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9004359540
Book Description
This Handbook of Jewish Languages is an introduction to the many languages used by Jews throughout history, including Yiddish, Judezmo (Ladino) , and Jewish varieties of Amharic, Arabic, Aramaic, Berber, English, French, Georgian, Greek, Hungarian, Iranian, Italian, Latin American Spanish, Malayalam, Occitan (Provençal), Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Syriac, Turkic (Karaim and Krymchak), Turkish, and more. Chapters include historical and linguistic descriptions of each language, an overview of primary and secondary literature, and comprehensive bibliographies to aid further research. Many chapters also contain sample texts and images. This book is an unparalleled resource for anyone interested in Jewish languages, and will also be very useful for historical linguists, dialectologists, and scholars and students of minority or endangered languages. This paperback edition has been updated to include dozens of additional bibliographic references.
Byzantine Jewry in the Mediterranean Economy
Author : Joshua Holo
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 18,68 MB
Release : 2009-11-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0521856337
Book Description
Covers the middle Byzantine period, describing the day-to-day workings of the Byzantine-Jewish economy via primary sources.
The Translation Style of Old Greek Habakkuk
Author : James A.E. Mulroney
Publisher : Mohr Siebeck
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 24,15 MB
Release : 2016-06-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783161543869
Book Description
How did the translator of the Septuagint (Old Greek) book of Habakkuk interpret his Hebrew base text? James A. E. Mulroney analyzes the Greek style of the book and offers an extended analysis of present methodological issues in the field of Septuagint studies. - back of the book
Japheth in the Tents of Shem
Author : Nicholas de Lange
Publisher : Mohr Siebeck
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 47,84 MB
Release : 2016-01-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783161540738
Book Description
This is the first book-length treatment of the reception and transmission of Greek Bible translations by Jews in the Middle Ages. It is the fruit of some 40 years' research by Nicholas de Lange, who has collected most of the evidence himself, mainly from previously unpublished manuscript sources, such as Cairo Genizah fragments. Byzantine Judaism was esceptional in possessing an unbroken tradition of Biblical translation in its own language that can be traced back to antiquity. This work sheds light not only on Byzantine Jewish life and thought, but also on such subjects as the spread of Rabbinic Judaism in Europe, the Karaite movement, the ancient Greek translations, particularly Akylas/Aquila, as well as the relationship between Jewish and Christian transmission of the Greek Bible. An appendix traces the use of such translations down to the 19th century.
New Jewish Identities
Author : Zvi Y. Gitelman
Publisher : Central European University Press
Page : 387 pages
File Size : 10,8 MB
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9639241628
Book Description
A unique collection of essays that deal with the intriguing and complex problems connected to the question of Jewish identity in the contemporary world. Concerning the problem of identity formation, this book addresses very important issues: What is the content or meaning of Jewish identity? What has replaced religion in defining the content of Jewishness? How do people in different age groups construct their Jewish identity? In most cases, the authors have combined a variety of research methods: they drew samples or relied on the sample surveys of others; used personal interviews with respondents who are especially knowledgeable about their own Jewish communities, or based their research on participant observation of particular communities or communal institutions.
Encyclopedia of Modern Jewish Culture
Author : Glenda Abramson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 10,67 MB
Release : 2004-03-01
Category : Reference
ISBN : 1134428642
Book Description
The Encyclopedia of Modern Jewish Culture is an extensively updated revision of the very successful Companion to Jewish Culture published in 1989 and has now been updated throughout. Experts from all over the world contribute entries ranging from 200 to 1000 words broadly, covering the humanities, arts, social sciences, sport and popular culture, and 5000-word essays contextualize the shorter entries, and provide overviews to aspects of culture in the Jewish world. Ideal for student and general readers, the articles and biographies have been written by scholars and academics, musicians, artists and writers, and the book now contains up-to-date bibliographies, suggestions for further reading, comprehensive cross referencing, and a full index. This is a resource, no student of Jewish history will want to go without.
A Mirror of Rabbinic Hermeneutics
Author : Giuseppe Veltri
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 22,85 MB
Release : 2015-09-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 3110437783
Book Description
Rabbinic hermeneutics in ancient Judaism reflects this multifaceted world of the text and of reality, seen as a world of reference worth commentary. As a mirror, it includes this world but perhaps also falsifies reality, adapting it to one's own aims and necessities. It consists of four parts: Part I, considered as introduction, is the description of the "Rabbinic Workshop" (Officina Rabbinica), the rabbinic world where the student plays a role and a reformation of a reformation always takes place, the world where the mirror was created and manufactured. Part II deals with the historical environment, the world of reference of rabbinic Judaism in Palestine and in the Hellenistic Diaspora (Reflecting Roman Religion); Part III focuses on magic and the sciences, as ancient (political and empirical) activities of influence in the double meaning of receiving and adopting something and of attempt to produce an effect on persons and objects (Performing the Craft of Sciences and Magic). Part IV addresses the rabbinic concern with texts (Reflecting on Languages and Texts) as the main area of "influence" of the rabbinic academy in a space between the texts of the past and the real world of the present.
