Russian-Jewish Given Names

Russian-Jewish Given Names
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Total Pages : 160
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ISBN-10 : STANFORD:36105110362188
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Rating : 4/5 (88 Downloads)

Synopsis Russian-Jewish Given Names by : Boris Feldblyum

"Based on a book published in Russia in 1911, this work presents to the English-speaking reader a comprehensive collection of Jewish given names used in Russia at the turn of the 20th century--more than 6,000 names in all. These names are also included in a dictionary of root names which shows its etymology as well as all variants of the names identifying them as kinnui (everyday names), variants or distortions. The introductory portion of the book is a historical essay that reviews the evolution of Jewish given names from biblical times through the late 19th century in Russia."--Publisher description.

Jewish Given Names and Family Names

Jewish Given Names and Family Names
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 260
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ISBN-10 : 9004121897
ISBN-13 : 9789004121898
Rating : 4/5 (97 Downloads)

Synopsis Jewish Given Names and Family Names by : Robert Singerman

Presents over 3,000 bibliographic entries on the history and lore of Jewish family names and given names in all parts of the world from Biblical times to the present day. This work replaces the compiler's out-of-print JEWISH AND HEBREW ONOMASTICS: A BIBLIOGRAPHY (1977)

Jewish Family Names and Their Origins

Jewish Family Names and Their Origins
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Publisher : KTAV Publishing House, Inc.
Total Pages : 932
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ISBN-10 : 0881252972
ISBN-13 : 9780881252972
Rating : 4/5 (72 Downloads)

Synopsis Jewish Family Names and Their Origins by : Heinrich Walter Guggenheimer

Keep Saying Their Names

Keep Saying Their Names
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Publisher : Knopf
Total Pages : 304
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ISBN-10 : 9780525657378
ISBN-13 : 0525657371
Rating : 4/5 (78 Downloads)

Synopsis Keep Saying Their Names by : Simon Stranger

An extraordinary work of fiction, inspired by historical events--an exquisitely crafted double portrait of a Nazi war criminal and a family savaged by World War II, conjoined by an actual house of horrors they both called home On a street in modern-day Norway, a writer kneels with his son and tells him that according to Jewish tradition, a person dies twice: first when their heart stops beating, and then again the last time their name is read or thought or said. Before them is a stone engraved with the name Hirsch Komissar, the boy's great-great-grandfather who was murdered by Nazis. The man who sent Komissar to his death was one of Norway's vilest traitors, Henry Oliver Rinnan, a Nazi double agent who set up headquarters in an unspectacular suburban house and transformed the cellar into a torture chamber for resisters, a place to be avoided and feared. That is until Komissar's own son, Gerson, and his young wife, Ellen, take up residence in the house after the war. While their daughters spend a happy childhood playing in the same rooms where some of the most heinous acts of the occupation occurred, the weight of history threatens to pull the couple apart. In Keep Saying Their Names, Simon Stranger uses this unusual twist of fate to probe five generations of intimate and global history, seamlessly melding fact and fiction, creating a brilliant lexicon of light and dark. The resulting novel reveals how evil is born in some and courage in others--and seeks to keep alive the names of those lost.

Jewish Personal Names

Jewish Personal Names
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Publisher : Avotaynu
Total Pages : 132
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ISBN-10 : STANFORD:36105121548577
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Rating : 4/5 (77 Downloads)

Synopsis Jewish Personal Names by : Shmuel Gorr

"This book shows the roots of more than 1,200 Jewish personal names. It shows all Yiddish/Hebrew variants of a root name with English transliteration. Hebrew variants show the exact spelling including vowels. Footnotes explain how these variants were derived. An index of all variants allows you to easily locate the name in the body of book. Also presented are family names originating from personal names."--Publisher description.

Yiddish Given Names

Yiddish Given Names
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Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Total Pages : 430
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ISBN-10 : 9781461674542
ISBN-13 : 1461674549
Rating : 4/5 (42 Downloads)

Synopsis Yiddish Given Names by : Rella Israly Cohn

This is a lexicon of Yiddish given names, preceded by four chapters of material that explains the lexical conventions, the historical environment, and the research applicable to this subject.

A Historical-Etymological Dictionary of Pre-Russian Habitation Names of the Crimea

A Historical-Etymological Dictionary of Pre-Russian Habitation Names of the Crimea
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 1306
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ISBN-10 : 9789047418429
ISBN-13 : 9047418425
Rating : 4/5 (29 Downloads)

Synopsis A Historical-Etymological Dictionary of Pre-Russian Habitation Names of the Crimea by : Henryk Jankowski

This dictionary, the first of its kind in Turkological studies, will prove to be an invaluable research tool for those studying the Crimea, Ukraine, as well as Eurasian Nomadism. It is the result of year-long painstaking research into the etymology of Crimean pre-Russian habitation names, providing insight into the Turkic, Greek, Caucasian place-names in a comparative context, as well as the histories of these cities, towns and villages themselves. The dictionary contains approximately 1,500 entries, preceded by an introduction with notes on the history of the Crimea and the structure of habitation names. For the reader’s convenience, many entries are classified in indices which follow the main part of the book. Additionally, three detailed primary source maps, separately indexed, are appended to the dictionary, as well as a map showing the administration network of the Crimea at the end of the Crimean Tatar Khanate.

Holy Bible (NIV)

Holy Bible (NIV)
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Publisher : Zondervan
Total Pages : 6793
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ISBN-10 : 9780310294146
ISBN-13 : 0310294142
Rating : 4/5 (46 Downloads)

Synopsis Holy Bible (NIV) by : Various Authors,

The NIV is the world's best-selling modern translation, with over 150 million copies in print since its first full publication in 1978. This highly accurate and smooth-reading version of the Bible in modern English has the largest library of printed and electronic support material of any modern translation.

The Adventures of Menahem-Mendl

The Adventures of Menahem-Mendl
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Publisher : Sholom Aleichem Family Publications
Total Pages : 232
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ISBN-10 : UCAL:B4369613
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Rating : 4/5 (13 Downloads)

Synopsis The Adventures of Menahem-Mendl by : Sholem Aleichem

Letters between a husband and wife provide another magical glimpse into the world of Sholom Aleichem.