Ashkenazim and Sephardim: A European Perspective Contributor(s): Katny, Andrzej (Other), Katny, Andrzej (Editor), Olszewska, Izabela (Editor) |
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ISBN: 363164308X ISBN-13: 9783631643082 Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W OUR PRICE: $77.96 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2013 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Foreign Language Study | Russian - Literary Criticism | Feminist - Literary Criticism | Eastern European (see Also Russian & Former Soviet Union) |
Dewey: 296 |
LCCN: 2013047474 |
Series: Sprach- Und Kulturkontakte in Europas Mitte |
Physical Information: 0.88" H x 5.83" W x 8.27" (1.24 lbs) 311 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Eastern Europe - Religious Orientation - Jewish |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This volume is devoted to selected aspects of the culture and language of the two largest Jewish Diaspora groups, Sephardim and Ashkenazim. The authors analyze the latest European research tendencies related to both Jewish factions. Questions concern the historical, social and cultural contact with non-Jewish environment, the problems of Jewish identity, the condition of languages in both groups (Yiddish, Judeo-Spanish, Hakit a), and Jewish anthroponymy. The reflections concern various areas of contemporary Germany, Poland, Russia, the Balkan countries, Italy, the countries of North Africa inhabited by both Sephardi and Ashkenazi Jews. For the analyses, not only documents, manuscripts, press articles, and literary texts serve as a basis but also the artifacts of material culture. |