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Preface Abbreviations Part I. New Lines of Investigation: 1. The study of medieval Karaism, 1989-99 Daniel Frank 2. Hebrew scholarship in Byzantium Nicholas de Lange 3. Hebrew philology in Sepharad: the state of the question Angel Saenz-Badillos 4. Some recent developments in the study of medieval Hebrew liturgy Stefan C. Reif Part II. The Hebrew Language: 5. The early eastern schools of Hebrew grammatical thought Geoffrey Khan 6. Banner, miracle, trial: medieval Hebrew lexicography between facts and faith Albert van der Heide 7. The knowledge and practice of Hebrew grammar among Christian scholars in pre-expulsion England: The evidence of 'bilingual' Hebrew-Latin manuscripts Judith Olszowy-Schlanger Part III. Prayer and Poetry: 8. The origin of the Qaddish Michael Weitzman 9. The journey inward: Judah Halevi between Christians and Muslims, Spain and Palestine Yosef Yahalom 10. Abraham Ibn Ezra as a harbinger of changes in secular Hebrew poetry Masha Itzhaki 11. O Seville! Ah Castile! Spanish-Hebrew dirges from the 15th century Wout van Bekkum 12. On translating medieval Hebrew poetry Adena Tanenbaum Part IV. The World Outside: 13. Medieval Hebrew polemical literature William Horbury 14. Biblical commentaries and Christian influence: the case of Gersonides Colette Sirat 15. Jewish scholarship and Christian tradition in late-medieval Catalonia: Profiat Duran on the art of memory Irene E. Zwiep Bibliography of the writings of Raphael Loewe Index.