Chaucer and the Translation of the Jewish Scriptures

Author / Editor
Dove, Mary.

Title
Chaucer and the Translation of the Jewish Scriptures

Published
Sheila Delany, ed. Chaucer and the Jews: Sources, Contexts, Meanings (New York and London: Routledge, 2002), pp. 89-107.

Description
Wycliffite translation of Jewish Scripture and the glosses and prologues that supplemented it often reflect curiosity about Jewish scholarship. Chaucer may have read the translation and may have admired the reading practices of the Jews.

Alternative Title
Chaucer and the Jews: Sources, Contexts, Meanings.

Chaucer Subjects
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations.