Abstract
Pre-modern Hebrew lexicography falls between medieval Jewish lexicography (up to c. 1500) and modern Hebrew lexicography (from c. 1800). This article
1. identifies the corpus of pre-modern Hebrew lexicography as chiefly the Hebrew Bible,
2. outlines both the Christian acquisition of Hebrew lexicography characterized by Hebrew-Latin works, and the Christian consolidation, characterized by the view that the Hebrew language was divine, the developing linguistic theory of primitive roots, and the pedagogic aims of the lexicographers, and
3. points to the beginnings of modern Hebrew lexicography and the return to the field of Jewish lexicographers.
1. identifies the corpus of pre-modern Hebrew lexicography as chiefly the Hebrew Bible,
2. outlines both the Christian acquisition of Hebrew lexicography characterized by Hebrew-Latin works, and the Christian consolidation, characterized by the view that the Hebrew language was divine, the developing linguistic theory of primitive roots, and the pedagogic aims of the lexicographers, and
3. points to the beginnings of modern Hebrew lexicography and the return to the field of Jewish lexicographers.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Encyclopedia of Hebrew Language and Linguistics |
| Editors | Geoffrey Khan |
| Place of Publication | Leiden, Boston |
| Publisher | Brill |
| Pages | 514-520 |
| Volume | 2 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9789004176423 |
| Publication status | Published - 2013 |