Jewish Languages from A to Z

Jewish Languages from A to Z provides an engaging and enjoyable overview of the rich variety of languages spoken and written by Jews over the past three thousand years.

Aaron D. Rubin is Malvin E. and Lea P. Bank Professor of Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies, Jewish Studies, and Linguistics at Penn State University. Lily Kahn is Professor of Hebrew and Jewish Languages at University College London.

Contents Acknowledgements Introduction Amharic Arabic, Medieval Arabic, Modern Aramaic, Ancient and Medieval Aramaic, Modern Armenian Catalan Chinese English Esperanto French Georgian German Greek Hebrew, Inscriptional Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew, Rabbinic and Medieval Hebrew, Enlightenment Hebrew, Modern Hungarian Israeli Sign Language Italian Karaim (and Krymchak) Ladino (and Spanish) Latin Malay Malayalam Maltese Papiamentu (and Other Creoles) Persian Polish (and Czech) Portuguese Provençal Russian Tajik (Bukhari) Tat (Juhuri) Turkish (and Uzbek) Urdu (and Marathi) Yiddish, Old and Early Modern Yiddish, Modern Standard Yiddish, Modern Hasidic Zulu (Fanagalo) Bibliography