Language:
English
Year of publication:
2023
Titel der Quelle:
From the Thames to the Euphrates
Angaben zur Quelle:
(2023) 128-140
Keywords:
Bible Manuscripts, Hebrew
;
History
;
Bible Manuscripts, Aramaic
;
History
;
Manuscript design History
Abstract:
This contribution deals with the medieval tradition of producing manuscripts of the Hebrew Bible alongside with the Aramaic paraphrase (the Targum) and/or exegetical commentaries or any other type of works related to the Hebrew text of the Bible. Such medieval manuscripts are referred to here as ‘glossed Hebrew Bibles’, and they are identified as precedents - in terms of layout and organization of contents - for Bomberg’s and Ibn Hayyim’s Biblia Rabbinica and for other editions of the mikra’ot gedolot. Differences are explored in the glossed Hebrew Bibles produced in the medieval Jewish geocultural areas of Sepharad, Ashkenaz and Italy, in order to allow to describe different traditions of selecting texts and layouts, and to determine what the role of exegetical traditions was in the selection of commentaries. The layout of the Biblia Rabbinica is then analysed in light of the earlier manuscript tradition, revealing both continuities as well as some innovations.
Note:
Includes 6 illustrations (pp. 135-140).
DOI:
10.1515/9783111019963-008
URL:
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