Title: “With That, You Can Grasp All the Hebrew Language”: Hebrew Sources of an Anonymous Hebrew-Latin Grammar from Thirteenth-Century England
Abstract: This chapter contains a preliminary study of the Hebrew sources of a hitherto unpublished Hebrew-Latin grammar book preserved in the private collection of the Marques of Bath as a part of MS Longleat House 21. This short grammar is the most accomplished work of this genre known to us authored by medieval Christian scholars. It was probably written in the Benedictine Abbey of Ramsey in East Anglia in the 13th century. Composed of four self-contained and short units, the grammar provides sufficient tools for mastering the basics of the Hebrew language. This grammar is indeed the most accomplished aid for the study of Hebrew elaborated by medieval Christian scholars that we know today. The Hebrew grammar in MS LH 21 together with the other works of Christian Hebraists contained in this bound volume is an expression of the growing interest in Hebrew studies in the 13th century. Keywords: Benedictine Abbey; Hebrew-Latin grammar; medieval Christian scholars; Thirteenth-century England
Publication Year: 2014
Publication Date: 2014-01-01
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
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