Mother of Reason and Revelation : A Short History of Medieval Jewish Linguistic Thought / Irene Zwiep.
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TextLanguage: English Series: Amsterdam Studies in Jewish Thought ; 5. | European History and Culture - Book Archive pre-2000Publisher: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 1997Copyright date: ©1997Content type: - text
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- A Short History of Medieval Jewish Linguistic Thought
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preliminary Material / Irene E. Zwiep -- Acknowledgements / Irene E. Zwiep -- Chapter One Introduction / Irene E. Zwiep -- Chapter Two Man, the World and the Word: The Triangle of Signification / Irene E. Zwiep -- Chapter Three The Quest for the Origin of Language / Irene E. Zwiep -- Chapter Four History or Science: The Multiplicity of Languages / Irene E. Zwiep -- Chapter Five The Dynamics of the Hebrew Language / Irene E. Zwiep -- Abbreviations / Irene E. Zwiep -- Bibliography / Irene E. Zwiep -- Index of Names / Irene E. Zwiep -- Index of Subjects / Irene E. Zwiep.
This book presents a first inventory of Medieval Jewish linguistic thinking, covering the period from Sa’adya Gaon to Profiat Duran. The author claims that the Hebrew grammatical tradition itself contains but vague reminiscences of actual linguistic thinking. However, contemporary philosophical treatises, exegetical works, and scientific encyclopedias of Rabbanite and Karaite provenance provide these reminiscences with a general theoretical background.
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