Author: Hary, Benjamin H.
Title: Multiglossia in Judeo-Arabic. With an edition, translation and grammatical study of the Cairene Purim scroll.
Description: Leiden, New Tork & Köln, E.J. Brill, 1992. XVII,259 pp. B./w. figs. Orig. hardcover (blind stamped green cloth with gilt lettering), d./j. 8vo. ('Etudes sur le judaïsme médiéval, Vol. 14). - A neat copy. As new.This volume contains a study of multiglossia in Judeo-Arabic in addition to a critical edition, annotated translation, and a cultural and a grammatical study of The Purim Scroll of the Cairene Jewish Community, written in 1524 to commemorate the deliverance of the Jews of Cairo from Ahmad Pasha, the governor of Egypt. 'Multiglossia' is a linguistic state in which different varieties of a language exist side by side in a language community and are used under different circumstances or with various functions. 'Judeo-Arabic' has been written and spoken in various forms by Jews throughout the Arabic-speaking world. - Adapted from the author's dissertation, Berkeley, 1987. - Sold out at the publisher.

Keywords: Judaïca Linguistics Arabic Judaïca Taalkunde Arabisch