Shema as Memory Palace: A Medieval Hebrew Ars Memorativa

Leon Modena’s Lev ha-Aryeh (seventeenth-century Italy) has long been recognized as the first Hebrew treatise on mnemonics. This article points to an earlier source: gate 90 of Isaac Arama’s ‘Akedat Yitshak. Arama not only describes the locative memory palace developed by Roman orators and popular th...

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Autore principale: Katz, Rachel B. (Autore)
Tipo di documento: Elettronico Articolo
Lingua:Inglese
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Pubblicazione: 2024
In: The Jewish quarterly review
Anno: 2024, Volume: 114, Fascicolo: 3, Pagine: 351-374
Altre parole chiave:B internal senses
B Shema
B Memory
B Exegesis
B ‘Akedat Yits@hak
B Arama
B Mnemonics
B Philosophy
B Spain
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