Teacher: Dr Julia G. Krivoruchko, Cambridge University
Class Level: Beginners
Class Schedule 2023-24: Tuesdays from 15:30-16:30 UK Time (you can check time-zone comparisons on sites such as this one)
Class Length: 1-term class (Hilary Term 2024) (Oxford dates of term are available on the University website)
Class Description: The course will introduce students to Medieval Judeo-Greek as it is documented in manuscripts and early prints. There is no Judeo-Greek handbook or learning manual. As an introduction, the following article is useful: Julia Krivoruchko, ‘Judeo-Greek’ in Handbook of Jewish Languages, edited by L. Kahn and A. D. Rubin. Leiden: Brill, 2016. Pp 194–225.
Reference Materials:
-Holton, David, Geoffrey Horrocks, Marjolijne Janssen, Tina Lendari, Io Manolessou, and Notis Toufexis. 2019. The Cambridge Grammar of Medieval and Early Modern Greek. 4 vols. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Other materials will be supplied during the course.