Back مسيحيون عبرازيم Arabic مسيحيين عبرازيم ARZ Christlicher Hebraismus German Kristana hebreismo Esperanto הבראיזם HE
A Christian Hebraist is a scholar of Hebrew who comes from a Christian family background/belief or is a Jewish adherent of Christianity. The main area of study is that commonly known as the Old Testament to Christians (and Tanakh to Jews), but Christians have occasionally taken an interest in the Talmud and the Kabbalah.
The early fathers of the Christian Church got their knowledge of Hebrew traditions (Masoretic, Midrashim and Aggadah) from their Jewish teachers. That is seen especially in the exegesis of Justin Martyr,[1] Aphraates, Ephraem Syrus and Origen of Alexandria. Jerome's teachers are even mentioned by name such as Bar Ḥanina (Hananiah).
- ^ Philippe Bobichon, Comment Justin a-t-il acquis sa connaissance exceptionnelle des exégèses juives (contenus et méthodes) ?, Revue de Théologie et de Philosophie, 139, 2007, pp. 101-126 online ; Philippe Bobichon, L'enseignement juif, païen, hérétique et chrétien dans l'œuvre de Justin Martyr, Revue des Études Augustiniennes 45/2 (1999), pp. 233-259 online