Bridges of Knowledge

Jewish Languages in Cultural Context

Jean Baumgarten, Ruth von Bernuth, Moshe Lavee (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

332 Seiten

2025
Brill (Verlag)
9789004730816 (ISBN)

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In this collaborative volume, we study the role of Judeo-Languages in literary, social, cultural and religious channels of knowledge transfer, especially in regards to the distribution of oral and written traditions beyond the core circles of the intellectual elite towards the secondary Jewish intelligentsia and wider circles.

In this collaborative volume, the editors examine the role of Judeo-languages in literary, social, religious, and cultural channels of knowledge transfer, particularly in the dissemination of oral and written traditions beyond the core intellectual elite to the secondary Jewish intelligentsia and broader audiences. This phenomenon is evident in Yiddish, Judeo-Spanish, Judeo-Arabic, Judeo-Italian, Judeo-French, and Judeo-Turkish from the Middle Ages to the 20th century. The studies in this book present a wide range of manuscripts and printed editions, highlighting the diverse functions and roles of Judeo-languages as vehicles for the distribution, transmission, and mediation of knowledge.

Jean Baumgarten is Directeur de recherche emeritus at the Centre National de la recherche scientifique (CNRS, Paris). He has published articles and books on the Yiddish language and literature (16th-18th century), cultural studies of the Ashkenazi culture, Jewish mysticism and Hasidism. Ruth von Bernuth is Professor at the North Carolina University. She published books and articles on German and Yiddish literature and culture (15th-18th centuries). Her most recent research focus is the Bible and Biblical literature in Yiddish. Moshe Lavee is a lecturer in Talmud and Midrash (department of Jewish History,) chair of eLijah-Lab for Digital Humanities (University of Haifa). He published articles and books on Aggadic Midrash from the Genizah, the construction of identity in rabbinic Literature, and DH applications for Jewish Studies.

Acknowledgment

List of Figures

1 Introduction

1 Anatomy of the Problem

2 This Book

Part 1 Manuscript Context

2 Gospel Argumenta

1 The Short ‘Eusebian’ Argumentum [Paratext 1.1]

2 The Long ‘Eusebian’ Argumentum

3 The Argumentum of Cosmas Indicopleustes [Paratext 1.2]

3 Marginalia in Greek

1 The Eusebian Apparatus

2 The 8-Section Tradition

3 Family 1

4 Scholia on Jesus’ Ascension in GA 72 [Paratext 3.1]

4 Marginalia in Latin and Oriental Version

1 Latin

2 Syriac

3 Coptic

4 Ethiopic

5 Gospel Epilogue

Part 2 Commentary Manuscripts

6 The Catena in Marcum

1 The Common Edition

2 The Egyptian Edition

3 A Scholion from Dionysius of Alexandria

7 Theophylact Catena

1 The Common Edition

2 Maintaining the Truth Unharmed: The Longer Edition

3 As Travellers Rejoice: GA 304

8 Conclusion

1 Summary

2 Concluding Remarks

Part 3 Paratexts and Translations

Paratext 1.1: The ‘Eusebian’ Argumentum to Mark

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Paratext 1.2: The Argumentum of Cosmas Indicopleustes

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Paratexts 2: Canon Tables

Paratext 3.1: Scholia on Jesus’ Ascension

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Paratext 3.2: Scholion from Reuchlin

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Paratext 4: De Harmoniae Evangelistarum

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Paratext 5.1: The Egyptian Recension

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Paratext 5.2: A Scholion from the Letter of Dionysius of Alexandria to Basilides

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Paratext 5.3: Theophylact’s Catena: The Long Recension

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Paratext 5.4: Zigabenus’ Catena

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Bibliography

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	26.09.2025
Reihe/Serie	Studies in Jewish History and Culture ; 83
Verlagsort	Leiden
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	676 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Judentum
ISBN-13	9789004730816 / 9789004730816
Zustand	Neuware