Scribal Impact on Textual Transmission: Manuscript variations of works by Abraham Bar Ḥayya and Isaac Israeli
The many small distinctions between different manuscripts of two medieval Jewish works on the calendar and mathematics testify to the scribe's role in shaping the transmission of these texts.
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Israel Sandman, Scribal Impact on Textual Transmission |
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| Topics: | Mathematics, Calendar, The Jewish, Jewish History, Manuscripts |
Dr. Israel Sandman is a Fellow at University College London’s Department of Hebrew & Jewish Studies. His areas of research include medieval Jewish thought and medieval Hebrew manuscripts.
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