Latin-into-Hebrew : : texts and studies. Volume one, Studies / / edited by Resianne Fontaine, Gad Freudenthal.

• Superior document: Studies in Jewish history and culture, volume 39
• TeilnehmendeR: Fontaine, Resianne, 1953-; Freudenthal, Gad.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden : : Brill,, 2013.
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in Jewish history and culture ; v. 39.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (492 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

This two-volume work, Latin-into-Hebrew: Texts and Studies sheds new light on an under-investigated phenomenon of European medieval intellectual history: the transmission of knowledge and texts from Latin into Hebrew between the twelfth and the fifteenth century. Because medieval Jewish philosophy and science in Christian Europe drew mostly on Hebrew translations from Arabic, the significance of the input from the Christian majority culture has been neglected. Latin-into-Hebrew: Texts and Studies redresses the balance. It highlights the various phases of Latin-into-Hebrew translations and considers their disparity in time, place, and motivations. Special emphasis is put on the singular role of the translations of Latin medical and philosophical literature. Volume One: Studies , offers 18 studies and Volume Two: Texts in Contexts , includes editions and analyses of hitherto unpublished texts of medieval Latin-into-Hebrew translations. Both volumes are available separately or together as a set. This groundbreaking work is indispensable for any scholar interested in the history of medieval philosophic and scientific thought in Hebrew, Latin, and Arabic in relationship to the vicissitudes of Jewish-Christian relations.

Table of Contents

part I. Latin-into-Hebrew : the linguistic conditions of its possibility -- part II. Latin-into-Hebrew : the medical connection -- part III. Latin-into-Hebrew : the philosophical-scientific and literary-moral contexts -- part IV. Latin-into-Hebrew : the religious context -- part V. Latin-into-Hebrew : final reflections.