Abstract
In the present paper, I will examine Yosef ben Abraham Giqatilla’s philosophical poems on the Hebrew vowels that are included in his three early works on “punctuation:” the third section from the larger Ginnat Egoz (“The Nut Garden”), the longer version of Sefer ha-Niqqud (“The Book of Punctuation”), and a short version of the latter. Scholarship on the chronology of these three texts has been inconclusive. I will argue that a textual comparison of Giqatilla’s philosophical poems and an analysis of their paratextual function allow for a solution, and therefore a possible chronology of their composition.
Highlights
Yoseph ben Abraham Giqatilla (1248–c. 1325) was a prominent figure of the 13th‐century Spanish Kabbalah
I will attempt to offer a solution to the question about the possible chronology of these three texts, especially by avoiding a broader, almost exhausting philological confrontation between them, but rather by examining the paratextual material that included in each of them: namely, philosophical poems that have the function to introduce the reader to the philosophical treatment of the Hebrew vowels
By publishing synoptically the philosophical poems, I will try to prove that Giqatilla first authored the third section of larger Ginnat Egoz, made the first abridgement in the longer version of Sefer ha‐Niqqud, and refined the latter text in the conclusive, shorter version of the latter text
Summary
I will attempt to offer a solution to the question about the possible chronology of these three texts, especially by avoiding a broader, almost exhausting philological confrontation between them, but rather by examining the paratextual material that included in each of them: namely, philosophical poems that have the function to introduce the reader to the philosophical treatment of the Hebrew vowels. These poems are not encapsulated into the main text but rather have the main function of introducing the reader to it, and operates “more than a boundary or a sealed border, the paratext is, rather, a threshold” By publishing synoptically the philosophical poems, I will try to prove that Giqatilla first authored the third section of larger Ginnat Egoz, made the first abridgement in the longer version of Sefer ha‐Niqqud, and refined the latter text in the conclusive, shorter version of the latter text
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