Translating the Hebrew Bible in Medieval Iberia

Esperanza Alfonso, Ph.D. (1998, Universidad Complutense, Madrid) is Researcher at the Center for Human and Social Sciences (CSIC). She has published monographs and collective works in the field of medieval Jewish cultural history. Javier del Barco, Ph.D. (2001, Universidad Complutense, Madrid) is Researcher at the Center for Human and Social Sciences (CSIC). He has published monographs and articles on various aspects of Hebrew linguistics, medieval Jewish manuscript culture, and Hebrew codicology.

Acknowledgements

Signs and Abbreviations

Notes on Transliteration, Conventions, Translation, and Sources

Plates


Part 1 Introduction



Introduction



1 The Codex

 1.1 Binding, Foliation, and Condition

 1.2 Dimensions and Quires

 1.3 Catchwords and Numbering of Sections

 1.4 Margins and Justification

 1.5 Script and Layout

 1.6 The Text, Sections, and Subdivisions

 1.7 Errors and Later Interventions

 1.8 Punctuation

 1.9 Vocalization, Accents, and Other Kinds of Marks

 1.10 The Books

 1.11 Internal and External Cross-References

 1.12 Differences between the Books

 1.13 Dating

 1.14 Previous References to the Codex



2 The Text

 2.1 Glosses, Glossaries, and Commentaries: Preliminary Considerations

 2.2 The Lemmata

 2.3 Leʿazim

 2.4 The Commentary

 2.5 Glossary-Commentary



3 Grammar

 3.1 Norm and Explanation of Anomalous or Unusual Grammatical Forms

 3.2 Terms with Multiple Uses

 3.3 Orthography and Phonology

 3.4 Morphosyntax



4 Exegesis

 4.1 Interpreting the Lemma versus Interpreting the Verse, Passage, or Book

 4.2 The Context

 4.3 Literal or Surface Meaning as Opposed to Figurative Meaning



5 Sources

 5.1 Judah Ḥayyūj, Jonah ibn Janāḥ, Judah ibn Balʿam, Solomon ibn Gabirol, and Abraham ibn Ezra

 5.2 Saadiah Gaon

 5.3 Rashi

 5.4 David Kimhi

 5.5 Single Interpretations versus Alternate Interpretations, Selecting versus Synthesizing

 5.6 The Integration of Sources

 5.7 Cultural Background



6 MS Hunt. 268 and Vernacular Translations of the Hebrew Bible

 6.1 Romanceamientos and Ladinamientos

 6.2 Jb 1–10 in MS Hunt. 268 and the Medieval and Post-medieval Traditions



7 Linguistic Study of Leʿazim

 7.1 Orthography and Phonology

 7.2 Morphology

 7.3 Syntax

 7.4 Lexical Remarks

 7.5 Conclusions



Glossary

Bibliography

Index of Names and Places


Part 2 Edition



The Present Edition



Abbreviations



Oxford, Bodleian Library, Ms. Hunt. 268