“Oil, Which Shall Not Quit My Head”: Jewish-Christian Interaction in Eleventh-Century BaghdadEntangled ReligionsSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference PortalThe National Endowment for the HumanitiesThe International Balzan Prize FoundationDavid A. Michelsoncbsc_adminRecord added to Zotero bycbsc_adminSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portalhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/58HEW8ZE/tei
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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.Yosaif M.Dubovick“Oil, Which Shall Not Quit My Head”: Jewish-Christian Interaction in Eleventh-Century Baghdadhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/58HEW8ZEhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/58HEW8ZEhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/58HEW8ZEEntangled Religions6201896-123The last influential head of the Pumbadithan Academy in Baghdad, R. Hayya Gaʾon (939–1038), requested his Sicilian student R. Maṣliaḥ ben Eliah al-Baṣaq to inquire with the Nestorian Patriarch (Catholicos) about the Syriac definition of a word in Psalms (141:5). Upon R. Maṣliaḥ’s protests, R. Hayya rebuked his student, saying “our pious forefathers and ancestors would inquire regarding languages and their explanations from members of different religions, even from shepherds”. Despite scholarly treatment since 1855, a new, analytical reading of the text, based upon manuscripts, external sources, and comparative literature, provides fresh approaches towards understanding Jewish-Christian scholarly interaction in Baghdad at the turn of the eleventh century, particularly in comparison to those in Sicily. Additionally presented are new facets in Peshitta studies.
Dubovick, Yosaif M. “‘Oil, Which Shall Not Quit My Head’: Jewish-Christian Interaction in Eleventh-Century Baghdad.” Entangled Religions 6 (2018): 96–123.
Yosaif M. Dubovick, ‘Oil, Which Shall Not Quit My Head’: Jewish-Christian Interaction in Eleventh-Century Baghdad,Entangled Religions 6 (2018): 96–123.BaghdadJewish-Christian relationsOld TestamentPs 141PsalmsVII-XVIII CEXI CEexegesis