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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823420203321

Autore

Glinert Lewis

Titolo

The joys of Hebrew / / Lewis Glinert

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 1992

©1992

ISBN

0-19-772261-X

1-280-52719-6

0-19-802381-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (305 p.)

Disciplina

398.9924

Soggetti

Proverbs, Hebrew

Proverbs, Jewish

Rabbinical literature

Jews

Judaism

Hebrew language

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Prologue; The Entries; The Words in Their Hebrew Lettering; The Hebrew Form of Some Familiar Biblical Names

Sommario/riassunto

This study celebrates the Hebrew language by bringing together a generous selection of the best-known words and sayings, in English transcription, and illustrating them with excerpts from the Bible, Talmud, folklore and other Jewish literature.