David Wacks

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Professor of Medieval Iberian Studies in Cascadia

Medieval Iberian literature and cultures, Relations between Hebrew and Romance literatures of Spain; Sephardic culture, Ladino and Judeo-Spanish literature; Chivalric Romance in the Mediterranean; Narrative and Fictionality; Crusade literature; Pagan mythology

Open-access teaching units on premodern Iberia and Latin America: https://openiberiaamerica.hcommons.org/

Research blog: https://davidwacks.uoregon.edu/

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Chivalric Aljamiado Biblical Tales | David A. Wacks

Canceled ☹️ : MLA LLC Medieval Iberian Social event is canceled ☹️. We'll try again in 2024! Happy New Year and hope to see you at the MLA if you are there.
Castilian paleographers: Biblia de Alba's rendering of the "batim" (casas) Pharaoh supplies for Hebrew midwives in Ex 1:21. the Paz y Meliá read "concasaños", bibliamedieval.es reads "contasaños," both of which appear to be hapaxes?