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Multilingual Exemplar Leaf
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This sheet by the calligrapher and scribe Iehudah Machabeu presents samples of different “lettering,” including Hebrew (at the top), Arabic, Greek, Castilian, English, French, Italian, and Latin. It…

Contributor:

Iehudah Machabeu

Places:

La Rochelle, France

Date:

1655

Subjects:

Language and linguistics, Jewish languages, Scribes, Education, Scholarship

Categories:

Language & Linguistics, Lists & Catalogues, Visual & Material Culture
Decorative page of birds, flowers, and rectangular sections of different scripts.
The Maccabees
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Today it is possible for us to observe the process of Hellenization in individual features only. But these features are sufficiently significant to enable…

Contributor:

Elias Bickerman

Places:

Paris, France

Date:

1935

Subjects:

Scholarship, Hellenism, Hasmoneans, Pharisees, Scribes

Categories:

History, Historical Writing, Religion & Theology, Biblical Commentary