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  • 6B - The Hebrew Linguistic Tradition

  • from Part I - Ancient, Classical, and Medieval Periods
  • Edited by Linda R. Waugh, University of Arizona, Monique Monville-Burston, Cyprus University of Technology, John E. Joseph, University of Edinburgh
  • Book:
    The Cambridge History of Linguistics
    Published online:
    20 July 2023
    Print publication:
    10 August 2023, pp 183-194

  • Summary

    In the sixth to ninth century the aim of linguistic studies was the preservation/transmission of the Hebrew Bible (Masorates’ glossaries). While the description of Hebrew began in Palestine and Babylon (Karaites and Rabbanites, tenth century), linguistic activity was the most productive in Al-Andalus (ninth-fifteenth century): dictionaries, restoration of Classical Hebrew, production of systematic grammars in Arabic (following the Arabic model). The multilingual situation led Hebrew grammarians to engage in comparative work on Semitic languages.