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THE LINGUISTIC CHARACTER OF SAADTA GAON'S TRANSLATION OF THE PENTATEUCH

THE LINGUISTIC CHARACTER OF SAADTA GAON'S TRANSLATION OF THE PENTATEUCH by For Franz Rosenthal, on his eighty-ftfth birthday Franz Rosenthal still belongs to the generation of the great Semitists who acted before the Second World War on German soil (for obvious reasons, T cannot speak of German Semitists). He published his Die Sprache der palmyrenischen Inschriften and Aramaistische Forschung as early as 1936 and 1939 respectively. It is a great honour, indeed, to participate in a Fest- schrift dedicated to a scholar of Rosenthal's stature. It is, to be sure, not without trepidation that contributors to the Festschrift select their papers, hoping to satisfy Rosenthal's critical mind. On the other hand, one can easily choose from any field of Semitistics, since Rosenthal's scholarly interests are almost unlimited. 1 have selected a paper from the field of medieval Judaeo-Arabic, and shall attempt to reconstruct the linguistic character of the perhaps most influen- tial work of this period. 1. The classical period of medieval Judaeo-Arabic extended between two poles, both represented by two geniuses, who even in this era abounding with great scholars and polymaths excelled in extraordinary intellectual and creative power. Saadia Gaon (882-942) ushered in classical Judeo-Arabic and moulded it in almost every field of Jewish and general http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Oriens Brill

THE LINGUISTIC CHARACTER OF SAADTA GAON'S TRANSLATION OF THE PENTATEUCH

Blau, Joshua
Oriens , Volume 36 (1): 1 – Jan 1, 2001
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Copyright 2001 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0078-6527
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10.1163/1877837201X00033
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by For Franz Rosenthal, on his eighty-ftfth birthday Franz Rosenthal still belongs to the generation of the great Semitists who acted before the Second World War on German soil (for obvious reasons, T cannot speak of German Semitists). He published his Die Sprache der palmyrenischen Inschriften and Aramaistische Forschung as early as 1936 and 1939 respectively. It is a great honour, indeed, to participate in a Fest- schrift dedicated to a scholar of Rosenthal's stature. It is, to be sure, not without trepidation that contributors to the Festschrift select their papers, hoping to satisfy Rosenthal's critical mind. On the other hand, one can easily choose from any field of Semitistics, since Rosenthal's scholarly interests are almost unlimited. 1 have selected a paper from the field of medieval Judaeo-Arabic, and shall attempt to reconstruct the linguistic character of the perhaps most influen- tial work of this period. 1. The classical period of medieval Judaeo-Arabic extended between two poles, both represented by two geniuses, who even in this era abounding with great scholars and polymaths excelled in extraordinary intellectual and creative power. Saadia Gaon (882-942) ushered in classical Judeo-Arabic and moulded it in almost every field of Jewish and general

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Published: Jan 1, 2001

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