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