A Grammar of the Eastern European Hasidic Hebrew Tale

This volume constitutes the first reference grammar of the Hasidic Hebrew hagiographic tales composed in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Eastern Europe. It presents a thorough survey of Hasidic Hebrew orthography, morphology, syntax, and lexis illustrated with extensive examples.

About the author

Lily Kahn, PhD (2008), UCL, is Lecturer in Hebrew at that university. Her main research area is Hebrew in Eastern Europe. Previous publications include The Verbal System in Late Enlightenment Hebrew (2008) and Colloquial Yiddish (2012).

Product details

• Authors: Lily Kahn
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.10.2014
• EAN: 9789004281431
• ISBN: 978-90-04-28143-1
• No. of pages: 450
• Weight: 824 g
• Series: Studies in Semitic Languages a
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism