TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sokoloff,Michael
TI  - Publications of the Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project :Michael Sokoloff
T2  - Publications of the Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project
SN  - 9780801872334
AV  - PJ5305 .P835 2002
PY  - 2002///
CY  - Baltimore, Maryland, London
PB  - Johns Hopkins University Press
KW  - Aramaic language
KW  - Dictionaries
KW  - English
KW  - Dialects
KW  - Iraq
N1  - 2; CIU has obtained rights for you to copy and share this title in electronic or print format with students, faculty, and staff
N2  - The first new dictionary of Jewish Babylonian Aramaic in a century, this towering scholarly achievement provides a complete lexicon of the entire vocabulary used in both literary and epigraphic sources from the Jewish community in Babylon from the third century C.E. to the twelfth century. Author Michael Sokoloff's primary source is, of course, the Babylonian Talmud, one of the most important and influential works in Jewish literature. Unlike the authors of previous dictionaries of this dialect, however, he also uses a variety of other sources, from inscriptions and legal documents to other rabbinical literature; A Dictionary of Jewish Babylonian Aramaic also differs from earlier lexographic efforts in its focus on a single dialect. Previous dictionaries have been composite works containing various Aramaic dialects from different periods, blurring distinctions in meaning and nuance. Sokoloff has been able to draw on the most current linguistic and textual scholarship to ensure the complete accuracy of his lexical entries, each of which is divided into six parts: lemma or root, part of speech, English gloss, etymology, semantic features, and bibliographic references. Another important feature in this invaluable reference work is its index of all cited passages, which allows the reader of a given text to easily find the semantics of a particular word.  In addition to linguists and specialists in Jewish Aramaic literature, lay readers and students will also find this comprehensive, up-to-date dictionary useful for understanding the Babylonian Talmud
ER  -