Jewish Book - Christian Book. Hebrew Manuscripts in Transition between Jews and Christians in the Context of German Humanism

Paperback, 263 pages, Size:216 x 280 mm, Illustrations:28 b/w, 3 tables b/w., 1 maps b/w, Language: English. ISBN 9782503590745. Summary An intriguing development in the late fifteenth and early sixteenth-century Christian Hebraism is how and why Christian scholars came to produce their own Hebrew books. Jewish Book - Christian Book: Hebrew Manuscripts in Transition between Jews and Christians in the Context of German Humanism offers a novel examination of this phenomenon in light of nearly unknown Hebrew manuscripts produced by German Hebraists in that period. Anticipating Hebraist printed editions, the Hebraist manuscript copies of Jewish texts represent one of the earliest attempts of Christians to independently form a stock of Jewish literature, which would meet their scholarly needs and interests, and embody a unique encounter of Jewish and Christian views of the Hebrew text and book. How Hebraist copyists coped with the inherent "Jewishness" of the Hebrew texts and in what ways they transformed and adapted them both textually and materially to serve Christian audience are among the key questions discussed in this study. TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction 1. Jewish Books in the Christian Setting 2. Hebraist Production of Hebrew Manuscripts 3. The Hebrew Alphabet in Christian Use 4. "The Paths of the Sacred Tongue" among German Hebraists 5. Christian Conceptions of Jewish Literature Conclusions. The Transition in Effect Appendixes Indexes