Translating the Hebrew Bible in medieval Iberia : : Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Hunt. 268 / / edited by Esperanza Alfonso.

• Superior document: The Iberian Religious World ; 7
• TeilnehmendeR: Alfonso, Esperanza,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, Massachusetts : : Brill,, [2021]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: The Iberian Religious World ; 7.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (817 pages)

Translating the Hebrew Bible in Medieval Iberia provides the princeps diplomatic edition and a comprehensive study of Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Hunt. 268. The manuscript, produced in the Iberian Peninsula in the late thirteenth century, features a biblical glossary-commentary in Hebrew that inclu...

Table of Contents

• Acknowledgements
• Signs and Abbreviations
• Notes on Transliteration, Conventions, Translation, and Sources
• Plates
• Part 1 Introduction
• Introduction
• 1 The Codex
• 1.1 Binding, Foliation, and Condition
• 1.2 Dimensions and Quires
• 1.3 Catchwords and Numbering of Sections
• 1.4 Margins and Justification
• 1.5 Script and Layout
• 1.6 The Text, Sections, and Subdivisions
• 1.7 Errors and Later Interventions
• 1.8 Punctuation
• 1.9 Vocalization, Accents, and Other Kinds of Marks
• 1.10 The Books
• 1.11 Internal and External Cross-References
• 1.12 Differences between the Books
• 1.13 Dating
• 1.14 Previous References to the Codex
• 2 The Text
• 2.1 Glosses, Glossaries, and Commentaries: Preliminary Considerations
• 2.2 The Lemmata
• 2.3 Leʿazim
• 2.4 The Commentary
• 2.5 Glossary-Commentary
• 3 Grammar
• 3.1 Norm and Explanation of Anomalous or Unusual Grammatical Forms
• 3.2 Terms with Multiple Uses
• 3.3 Orthography and Phonology
• 3.4 Morphosyntax
• 4 Exegesis
• 4.1 Interpreting the Lemma versus Interpreting the Verse, Passage, or Book
• 4.2 The Context
• 4.3 Literal or Surface Meaning as Opposed to Figurative Meaning
• 5 Sources
• 5.1 Judah Ḥayyūj, Jonah ibn Janāḥ, Judah ibn Balʿam, Solomon ibn Gabirol, and Abraham ibn Ezra
• 5.2 Saadiah Gaon
• 5.3 Rashi
• 5.4 David Kimhi
• 5.5 Single Interpretations versus Alternate Interpretations, Selecting versus Synthesizing
• 5.6 The Integration of Sources
• 5.7 Cultural Background
• 6 MS Hunt. 268 and Vernacular Translations of the Hebrew Bible
• 6.1 Romanceamientos and Ladinamientos
• 6.2 Jb 1-10 in MS Hunt. 268 and the Medieval and Post-medieval Traditions
• 7 Linguistic Study of Leʿazim
• 7.1 Orthography and Phonology
• 7.2 Morphology
• 7.3 Syntax
• 7.4 Lexical Remarks
• 7.5 Conclusions
• Glossary
• Bibliography
• Index of Names and Places
• Part 2 Edition
• The Present Edition
• Abbreviations
• Oxford, Bodleian Library, Ms. Hunt. 268.