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.

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.

Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1. Amharic
2. Arabic, Medieval
3. Arabic, Modern
4. Aramaic, Ancient and Medieval
5. Aramaic, Modern
6. Armenian
7. Catalan
8. Chinese
9. English
10. Esperanto
11. French
12. Georgian
13. German
14. Greek
15. Hebrew, Inscriptional
16. Hebrew, Biblical
17. Hebrew, Rabbinic and Medieval
18. Hebrew, Enlightenment
19. Hebrew, Modern
20. Hungarian
21. Israeli Sign Language
22. Italian
23. Karaim (and Krymchak)
24. Ladino (and Spanish)
25. Latin
26. Malay
27. Malayalam
28. Maltese
29. Papiamentu (and Other Creoles)
30. Persian
31. Polish (and Czech)
32. Portuguese
33. Provençal
34. Russian
35. Tajik (Bukhari)
36. Tat (Juhuri)
37. Turkish (and Uzbek)
38. Urdu (and Marathi)
39. Yiddish, Old and Early Modern
40. Yiddish, Modern Standard
41. Yiddish, Modern Hasidic
42. Zulu (Fanagalo)

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