Cultural Legacy of the Pre-Ashkenazic Jews in Eastern Europe (eBook)

Moshe Taube (Autor)

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2023
154 Seiten
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-39079-9 (ISBN)

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A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Presss Open Access publishing program. Visitwww.luminosoa.orgto learn more. This book uncovers cultural traces of the ancient Jewry of Eastern Europe from the 10th to 15th centuries. These traces take the form of translations from Hebrew into East Slavic, ranging from accounts of Old Testament prophets and other historical figures of interest to both Jews and Christians, such as Alexander the Great, to scientific and philosophical texts on everything from astronomy to physiognomy to metaphysics. Moshe Taubes fine-grained analysis teases out a robust picture of this massive cultural enterprise: the translators, their erudition, their biases, and their collaborative method of translation with neighboring Christians. Summarizing over thirty years of philological and linguistic research, this book offers a substantial original contribution to the cultural history of Jews in Eastern Europe and their interaction with, and influence on, Slavic culture in the Middle Ages and Early Modern period.

Inhalt

CONTENTS

Acknowledgments 

Introduction 
1. The Jewish Presence in Eastern Europe: The Beginnings 
2. Translations from Hebrew in Rus′ in the Thirteenth through
Fifteenth Centuries: Made by Converts? 
3. The Heresy of the Judaizers and the Translations from Hebrew in Muscovite Russia in the 
Second Half of the Fifteenth Century 

Textual Findings and Analyses of the Translations 
Historical Background of the Translations and Link to the Judaizers 

General Conclusion 

Appendixes 
Notes 
Bibliography 
Index 

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 10.1.2023
• Reihe/Serie: Taubman Lectures in Jewish Studies
• Reihe/Serie: Taubman Lectures in Jewish Studies
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Mittelalter
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Religionsgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Bibelausgaben / Bibelkommentare
• Themenwelt: Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
• Schlagworte: Arabic scientific and philosophical texts • Deuteronomy • jewish community • Jews of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania • Kyiv • Maimonides • medieval history of Eastern European Jews • Midrashic excerpts • readership • Russian • Secret of Secrets • Slavic texts • Translations
• ISBN-10: 0-520-39079-2 / 0520390792
• ISBN-13: 978-0-520-39079-9 / 9780520390799