TY  - BOOK
AU  - Zwiep,Irene
TI  - Mother of Reason and Revelation: A Short History of Medieval Jewish Linguistic Thought 
T2  - Amsterdam Studies in Jewish Thought
SN  - 9789004453890
AV  - P65 
U1  - 410/.9 23
PY  - 1997///
CY  - Leiden, Boston
PB  - Brill
KW  - Jewish learning and scholarship
KW  - History
KW  - To 1500
KW  - Linguistics
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004453890
ER  -