Aspects of oral interpretation and declamation in some Hebrew medieval texts: An analysis of rethorical maqama (maḥberet 41 of Sefer Taḥkĕmoni by Yehuda Al-Ḥarizi)

Abstract

The aim of this article is to study some posible aspects on oral interpretation regarding the retoric maqama (number 41) in Tahkemoni’s book by Judah Alharizi. Through using updated literary methods, that may provide some new reading of medieval texts, we shall try to follow on the performance traices in the written text and to descover the theatrical elements in it.