Hebrew At The Crossroads Of Cultures. From Outgoing Antiquity To The Middle Ages (orbis Supplementa)
Tags: HB Rosen

Foreword I. Palestine as a linguistic area A. The linguistic nature of Jewish Palestine B. Languages of use and usage of languages C. Formal and sociological phenomena of language, contact.. II. The language of the Jewish diaspora of Rome A. The social position of the Jews and the sociolinguistic status of their language usage B. Hebraisms in the language of the Jews of Rome C. Probable instances of the penetration of Greek elements of Jewish usage into Vulgar Latin D. Internal Latin semantic development of probable Jewish origin . III. The Jewish contribution to the formation of the vocabulary of the institutions of Medieval Europe A. Background B. "Peace" C. "Holiness, sanctity" IV. The nature of Medieval Hebrew: A great language of tradition in regional differentiation A. The concept of a Traditionssprache: Medieval Latin and Medieval Hebrew B. The evidence for the regional differentiation of Hebrew . C. Hebrew in the Romance region D. The German model: Verbal periphrasis E. Outlook Map: Palestine at the turn of the eras Indices