The Cultural Legacy of the Pre-Ashkenazic Jews in Eastern Europe
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The Cultural Legacy of the Pre-Ashkenazic Jews in Eastern Europe
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The Cultural Legacy of the Pre-Ashkenazic Jews in Eastern Europe
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The Cultural Legacy of the Pre-Ashkenazic Jews in Eastern Europe uncovers cultural traces of the ancient Jewry of Eastern Europe from the 10th to 15th centuries. These traces take the form of translations from Hebrew into East Slavic, ranging from accounts of Old Testament prophets and other historical figures of interest to both Jews and Christians, such as Alexander the Great, to scientific and philosophical texts on everything from astronomy to physiognomy to metaphysics.
Moshe Taube’s fine-grained analysis teases out a robust picture of this massive cultural enterprise: the translators, their erudition, their biases, and their collaborative method of translation with neighbouring Christians. Summarizing over thirty years of philological and linguistic research, this book offers a substantial original contribution to the cultural history of Jews in Eastern Europe and their interaction with, and influence on, Slavic culture in the Middle Ages and Early Modern period.
Series: Taubman Lectures in Jewish Studies
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780520390782
Publisher: University of California Press
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 10 January 2023
Country: United States
Imprint: University of California Press
Illustration: 6 c. illustration; 4 tables
Audience: Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 13.0mm
Width: 152.0mm
Height: 229.0mm
Weight: 272g
Pages: 154
About the Author
Moshe Taube is Professor Emeritus of Linguistics and Slavic Studies at The Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He is author of The Logika of the Judaizers: A Fifteenth Century Ruthenian Translation from Hebrew and co-editor of The Slavonic Book of Esther: Text, Lexicon, Linguistic Analysis and Problems of Translation and The Secret of Secrets: The East Slavic Version.
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