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Pleasant are their names : Jewish names in the Sephardi diaspora

Title
  1. Pleasant are their names : Jewish names in the Sephardi diaspora / edited by Aaron Demsky.
Published by
  1. Bethesda, Md. : University Press of Maryland, 2010.

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Additional authors
  1. Demsky, Aaron
Description
  1. viii, 329 pages : map; 25 cm.
Series statement
  1. Studies and texts in Jewish history and culture ; 19
Uniform title
  1. Studies and texts in Jewish history and culture ; 19.
Subject
  1. Sephardim > Mediterranean Region
  2. Names, Personal > Jewish
  3. Personenname
  4. Middle East
  5. Western Europe
  6. Séfarades > Europe de l'Ouest
  7. Noms de personnes juifs
  8. Sephardim > Europe, Western
  9. Sephardim > Middle East
Contents
  1. Introduction / Aaron Demsky -- The Sephardim : an historical and cultural overview from 1492 to the present / Moises Orfali -- The etymology of Sephardi surnames : achievements and perspectives / Alexander Beider -- The Jews of Bulgaria : their surnames as a mirror of their history / Mathilde A. Tagger -- The names of the Jews of Monastir (Bitola), Macedonia / Shlomo Alboher -- Jewish names, surnames, and nicknames of Nabeul, Tunisia / Victor Hayoun -- First names in Sephardi communities / Ora (Rodrigue) Schwarzwald -- Bienvenida "blessed be her who comes" and Azebuena "does good deeds" : name-giving patterns for girls and women in the Judeo-Spanish diaspora (Salonika 1492-1943) / Gila Hadar -- Personal names of Izmir Jews in modern times / Leah Bornstein-Makovetsky -- Personal names in Judeo-Spanish proverbs from northern Morocco (Hakitia) / Tamar Alexander and Yaakov Bentolila -- Visitational dreams and naming practices among Moroccan Jews in Israel / Henry Abramovitch and Yoram Bilu.
Call number
  1. CS3010
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Title
  1. Pleasant are their names : Jewish names in the Sephardi diaspora / edited by Aaron Demsky.
Publisher
  1. Bethesda, Md. : University Press of Maryland, 2010.
Type of content
  1. text
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. volume
Series
  1. Studies and texts in Jewish history and culture ; 19
  2. Studies and texts in Jewish history and culture ; 19.
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added author
  1. Demsky, Aaron, editor.
LCCN
  1. 2009045892
ISBN
  1. 9781934309247
  2. 1934309249
Research call number
  1. *R-JWS CS3010 .P54 2010
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