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Latin-into-Hebrew : texts and studies.

Contributor(s): Series: Studies in Jewish history and culture ; v. 39-40.Publisher: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2013Description: 1 online resource (volume <1> :) illustrationContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9004252878 (electronic bk.)
  • 9789004252875 (electronic bk.)
  • 9789004252868 (electronic bk.)
  • 900425286X (electronic bk.)
Contained works:
  • Freudenthal, Gad. Father of the Latin-into-Hebrew translations
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 892.4/08002 23
LOC classification:
  • PN811 .L38 2013
Online resources:
Contents:
Volume 1. Studies -- volume 2. Texts in Contexts / edited by Alexander Fidora, Harvey J. Hames, Yossef Schwartz.
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One: Studies', offers 18 studies and 'Volume Two: Texts in Contexts', includes editions and analyses of hitherto unpublished texts of medieval Latin-into-Hebrew translations.
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Volume 1. Studies -- volume 2. Texts in Contexts / edited by Alexander Fidora, Harvey J. Hames, Yossef Schwartz.

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.

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