Language and Tradition

This volume presents twelve scholarly chapters by Prof. Ilan Eldar, discussing ancient Hebrew vocalization methods and reading traditions (pronunciation and configuration) among Jewish communities, especially among ancient Ashkenazi communities. These chapters have been published over the years as separate essays, and are compiled here for the first time.

This volume contains the following chapters:  

Chapter 1: The Palestino-Tiberian Vocalization

Chapter 2: The Vocalization of the Passover Haggada in Mahzor Vitry

Chapter 3: The Sources of the Hebrew Reading Traditions in the Middle Ages

Chapter 4: The Research of Oral Reading Traditions of Hebrew

Chapter 5: The Hebrew Reading Traditions of the Baghdadi Community 

Chapter 6: Doublets in the Language Traditions of Hebrew

Chapter 7: The Pre-Ashkenazi Reading Tradition 

Chapter 8: The Sources of Ashkenazi Reading Tradition 

Chapter 9: Vocalization Systems and Pronunciation Traditions of Hebrew

Chapter 10: The Contribution of Prof. Shlomo Morag to the Study of the Hebrew Language Heritage of the Yemenite Jews

Chapter 11: Neologisms in the Piyyutim of the Ashkenazi Mahzorim

Chapter 12: Post-Biblical Forms in the Ashkenazi Tradition as Reflected by the Vocalization of the Worms Mahzor