Preface

Abbreviations

Part I. New Lines of Investigation: 1. The study of medieval Karaism, 1989-1999 Daniel Frank

2. Hebrew scholarship in Byzantium Nicholas de Lange

3. Hebrew philology in Sepharad: the state of the question Angel Sá

enz-Badillos

4. Some recent developments in the study of medieval Hebrew liturgy Stefan C. Reif

Part II. The Hebrew Language: 5. The early eastern schools of Hebrew grammatical thought Geoffrey Khan

6. Banner, miracle, trial: medieval Hebrew lexicography between facts and faith Albert van der Heide

7. The knowledge and practice of Hebrew grammar among Christian scholars in pre-expulsion England: The evidence of 'bilingual' Hebrew-Latin manuscripts Judith Olszowy-Schlanger

Part III. Prayer and Poetry: 8. The origin of the Qaddish Michael Weitzman

9. The journey inward: Judah Halevi between Christians and Muslims, Spain and Palestine Yosef Yahalom

10. Abraham Ibn Ezra as a harbinger of changes in secular Hebrew poetry Masha Itzhaki

11. O Seville! Ah Castile! Spanish-Hebrew dirges from the 15th century Wout van Bekkum

12. On translating medieval Hebrew poetry Adena Tanenbaum

Part IV. The World Outside: 13. Medieval Hebrew polemical literature William Horbury

14. Biblical commentaries and Christian influence: the case of Gersonides Colette Sirat

15. Jewish scholarship and Christian tradition in late-medieval Catalonia: Profiat Duran on the art of memory Irene E. Zwiep

Bibliography of the writings of Raphael Loewe

Index.