The Sefardi Grammarians and their Battles

🌅 We move into the culture of Sefarad by unpacking a famous (and famously vicious) controversy over Hebrew grammar that broke out in the late ninth century.

You’re reading Stories from Jewish History, a weekly newsletter exploring Jewish thinkers, events, and artifacts, from the famous to the obscure. Today we get a juicy glimpse into the culture of medieval Sefarad by exploring a famous controversy among early grammarians of Hebrew with turned rather vicious before it was over. What could possibly inspire …