Comparative Semitic Philology in the Middle Ages

From Saʿadiah Gaon to Ibn Barūn (10th-12th C.)
Erscheinungsjahr 2004
ISBN: 978-90-04-13620-5
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 40, 502 Seiten, Format (B × H): 167 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 1034 g

Reihe: Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics

This volume deals with medieval comparative Semitic philology (Hebrew/Aramaic/Arabic) as practised by Hebrew philologists in the Arabic speaking lands, from Iraq to Spain, discussing its development through the generations, its technics and its theoretical basis. This research is based upon an analysis of over ten thousand occurrences of comparisons in linguistic works, biblical commentaries and the like, made by fourteen Hebrew scholars from the 10th-12th centuries CE, among them Sa'adiah Gaon, Judah b. Quraysh, David b. Abraham Alfasi, Jonah b. Janah and Isaac b. Barun. Several aspects of this comparisons are presented and studied here for the first time.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Maman, Aharon

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturen sonstiger Sprachräume Literatur des Nahen Ostens & Nordafrikas
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Einzelne Sprachen & Sprachfamilien

Über Autor(innen)

Aharon Maman, Ph.D. (1984) in Hebrew, Hebrew University, is Professor of Hebrew at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem. He has published on medieval Karaite Hebrew, medieval grammar and lexicography, Genizah materials, Judeo-Maghrebian language and traditional readings.