The Emergence and Linguistic Background of Judaeo-Arabic
Author : Joshua Blau
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 35,78 MB
Release : 1981
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789652350107
The Emergence and Linguistic Background of Judaeo-Arabic
Author : Joshua Blau
Publisher :
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 23,4 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Judeo-Arabic language
ISBN :
Book Description
A Linguistic History of Arabic
Author : Jonathan Owens
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 35,48 MB
Release : 2006-05-11
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 0199290822
Book Description
A Linguistic History of Arabic presents a reconstruction of proto-Arabic by the methods of historical-comparative linguistics. It challenges the traditional conceptualization of an old, Classical language evolving into the contemporary Neo-Arabic dialects. Professor Owens combines established comparative linguistic methodology with a careful reading of the classical Arabic sources, such as the grammatical and exegetical traditions. He arrives at a richer and more complexpicture of early Arabic language history than is current today and in doing so establishes the basis for a comprehensive, linguistically-based understanding of the history of Arabic. The arguments are set out in a concise, case by case basis, making it accessible to students and scholars of Arabic and Islamicculture, as well as to those studying Arabic and historical linguists.
Judaeo Arabic Studies
Author : Norman Golb
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 27,6 MB
Release : 2013-12-19
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1134399936
Book Description
First Published in 1997. During the middle decades of this century, fundamental research on the Jews of medieval Arabic-speaking lands was carried out by relatively few scholars, whether in Israel or the Western countries. The author of this title sought to remedy this deficit in however small a measure by organizing a Conference on Judaeo-Arabic Studies at Chicago. The purpose of these papers, agreed upon in advance by the participants, was to draw as broad a picture as possible of the contemporary state of research on certain topics subsumed under the general rubric of medieval Jewish-Arabic studies.
שרח מגלת אחשורוש
Author : Japheth ben Ali (ha-Levi)
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 477 pages
File Size : 44,73 MB
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 9004163883
Book Description
In this volume is presented an edition, with translation and introduction, of the commentary on Esthera "the first completely extant representative of this medieval Jewish genrea "by Yefet ben a ~Eli ha-Levi, one of the preeminent litterateurs of the Karaite a oeGolden Agea (10tha "11th centuries).
The Andalusi Literary and Intellectual Tradition
Author : Sarah J. Pearce
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 44,94 MB
Release : 2017-03-06
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0253026016
Book Description
Beginning in 1172, Judah ibn Tibbon, who was called the father of Hebrew translators, wrote a letter to his son that was full of personal and professional guidance. The detailed letter, described as an ethical will, was revised through the years and offered a vivid picture of intellectual life among Andalusi elites exiled in the south of France after 1148. S. J. Pearce sets this letter into broader context and reads it as a document of literary practice and intellectual values. She reveals how ibn Tibbon, as a translator of philosophical and religious texts, explains how his son should make his way in the family business and how to operate, textually, within Arabic literary models even when writing for a non-Arabic audience. While the letter is also full of personal criticism and admonitions, Pearce shows ibn Tibbon making a powerful argument in favor of the continuation of Arabic as a prestige language for Andalusi Jewish readers and writers, even in exile outside of the Islamic world.
Arab-Jewish Literature
Author : Reuven Snir
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 48,79 MB
Release : 2019-01-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9004390685
Book Description
In Arab-Jewish Literature: The Birth and Demise of the Arabic Short Story, Reuven Snir offers an account of the emergence of the art of the Arabic short story among the Arabized Jews during the 1920s, especially in Iraq and Egypt, its development in the next two decades, until the emigration to Israel after 1948, and the efforts to continue the literary writing in Israeli society, the shift to Hebrew, and its current demise. The stories discussed in the book reflect the various stages of the development of Arab-Jewish identity during the twentieth century and are studied in the relevant updated theoretical and literary contexts. An anthology of sixteen translated stories is also included as an appendix to the book. "Highly recommended for academic libraries collecting in the areas of Arab-Jewish cultural history, diaspora and exile studies, and literary identity formations." - Dr. Yaffa Weisman, Los Angeles, in: Association of Jewish Libraries News and Reviews 1.2 (2019)
A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic-English)
Author : Alexander Borg
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 48,1 MB
Release : 2004-10-01
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9047413970
Book Description
Cypriot Arabic, an unwritten language and mother tongue of several hundred bilingual (Arabic/Greek) Maronites from Kormakiti (N.W. Cyprus), evolved from a medieval Arabic colloquial brought to the island by Christian Arab migrants (probably from Asia Minor and Syria). It represents the outcome of a unique linguistic and cultural synthesis drawing on Arabic, Aramaic, and Greek; its Arabic component also shows a hybrid areal profile combining Greater Syrian traits with formal features typical of the contemporary S.E.Anatolian-Mesopotamian dialectal continuum. A number of rare Aramaic substratal elements in Cypriot Arabic suggest a relatively early separation of its parent dialect from mainstream Arabic. This lexicon surveys about 2000 Cypriot Arabic terms against the background of extensive comparative material from the Arabic dialects, Old Arabic, and colloquial and literary varieties of Aramaic. Many Cypriot Arabic terms are here cited with illustrative examples and ethnographic commentary where relevant. Cypriot Arabic is an endangered language; the present glossary is the most comprehensive lexical record of this scientifically intriguing variety of peripheral Arabic. It is primarily intended for orientalists and linguists specializing in comparative Semitics and Arabic dialectology.
Israel in Egypt: The Land of Egypt as Concept and Reality for Jews in Antiquity and the Early Medieval Period
Author :
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 723 pages
File Size : 49,45 MB
Release : 2020-10-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9004435409
Book Description
In Israel in Egypt scholars in different fields explore what can be known of the experiences of the many and varied Jewish communities in Egypt, from biblical sources to the medieval world. For generations of Jews from antiquity to the medieval period, the land of Egypt represented both a place of danger to their communal religious identity and also a haven with opportunities for prosperity and growth. A volume of collected essays from scholars in fields ranging from biblical studies and classics to papyrology and archaeology, Israel in Egypt explores what can be known of the experiences of the many and varied Jewish communities in Egypt, from biblical sources to the medieval world.
Languages of Modern Jewish Cultures
Author : Anita Norich
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 453 pages
File Size : 19,73 MB
Release : 2016-04-28
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0472121677
Book Description
This collection of essays brings to Jewish Language Studies the conceptual frameworks that have become increasingly important to Jewish Studies more generally: transnationalism, multiculturalism, globalization, hybrid cultures, multilingualism, and interlingual contexts. Languages of Modern Jewish Cultures collects work from prominent scholars in the field, bringing world literary and linguistic perspectives to generate distinctively new historical, cultural, theoretical, and scientific approaches to this topic of ongoing interest. Chapters of this edited volume consider from multiple angles the cultural politics of myths, fantasies, and anxieties of linguistic multiplicity in the history, cultures, folkways, and politics of global Jewry. Methodological range is as important to this project as linguistic range. Thus, in addition to approaches that highlight influence, borrowings, or acculturation, the volume represents those that highlight syncretism, the material conditions of Jewish life, and comparatist perspectives.
