The Arragel Bibleâa 15th century Spanish Bible translation with commentary by Moshe Arragel of Guadalajaraâis a monumental work of Hispano-Jewish scholarship, an Old Spanish literary classic, and a privileged historical source on Jewish-Christian relations in medieval Iberia. The studies in Volume 1 of our edition in progress review three aspects of this Ibero-Jewish classic by way of introduction: its content and significance for the religious history and literatures of late medieval Spain; a linguistic analysis of Arragelâs Castilianâhis lexical choices, morphology, and syntaxâin its Ibero-Romance context; and an analytic description of the extant illuminated codex in Madrid.
Scholars, students, and readers in the following fields: Jewish studies, Spanish literature, Romance historical linguistics, Bible translation and interpretation, the European Middle Ages, medieval philosophy, Jewish-Christian relations, and religious studies.