Article: Lingual Sources

Yitzchak Kerem
Jerusalem Post
08-25-1995
A LEXICON OF THE HEBREW AND ARAMAIC ELEMENTS IN MODERN JUDEZMO by David M. Bunis. Jerusalem, Magnes Press, The Hebrew University, and Misgav Yerushalayim, Institute for Research on the Sephardi and Oriental Jewish Heritage. Preface by Shelomo Morag. 508 pp. Price not stated.

David Bunis has compiled a monumental dictionary of Hebrew and Aramaic words in modern Judeo-Spanish (Judezmo). The depth and the scope are not only unprecedented, but also highly impressive and thorough.

The entries were culled from the spoken language, rabbinic texts, and the Judeo-Spanish press throughout the Balkans and the Middle East. Most of the words stem from the ...

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