Monat: April 2024

I. The Term ‘Judeo-Arabic’ With the Arabic/Islamic expansion in the seventh century, Arabic became the dominant language and beyond. Jews living under Islamic rulership adopted Arabic as a language for their daily life as well as for scholarly discourses. The common language enabled cultural entanglement attested in the various sources that are written by Jews […]

Abbildung: München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Cgm 317, f. 131r. In dieser E-Learning-Lektion werden die Grundlagen für das Arbeiten mit mittelalterlichen Handschriften und deren modernen Textausgaben vermittelt: Welche Informationen können Texteditionen mittelalterlicher Handschriften bereitstellen und wo liegen ihre Grenzen? Welche kodikologischen Informationen kann ich gewinnnen? Welche Instrumente und Hilfsmittel stehen mir dafür bereit? Ein spezielles Augenmerk wird […]

Introduction Assyrian royal inscriptions have always been crucial historical documents for studying the Ancient Near East. These texts usually describe a king's yearly deeds, principally military campaigns that were successful and the construction and renovation of palaces and temples. Because of their 'chronological' arrangement, these sources are also called 'annals' or historical records. The inscriptions […]