The Book of Leviticus from the Gözleve Bible - A Linguistic Analysis of a Crimean Karaim Bible Translation

The status of Crimean Karaim, an extinct eastern dialect of Karaim, has long been a subject of debate among scholars. Some have labeled it a "ghost dialect," while others argue it assimilated into Crimean Tatar over time. The oldest written records of this dialect predominantly appear in Bible translations. The language of the corpus in this volume, specifically the Book of Leviticus from the so-called Gözleve Bible printed in 1841, is also identified as Crimean Karaim. Past research primarily analyzed the edition based on short fragments, often describing it as showing signs of Tatarization, and sometimes as being created based on Western Karaim manuscripts.
This volume offers a comprehensive examination of the linguistic features of an understudied biblical book from this translation to address these claims, providing a transcription, translation, and a facsimile of the original text. The linguistic examinations, delving into phonology, morphology, morphophonology, syntax, morphosyntax, and lexicon, suggest that while the translation embodies the oldest traditions of Karaim Bible translations, it also reflects specific linguistic trends of its time, illustrating the nature of a mixed variant of Crimean Karaim.

A propos de l'auteur

Murat Işık, University of Szeged, Hungary.

Résumé

The status of Crimean Karaim, an extinct eastern dialect of Karaim, has long been a subject of debate among scholars. Some have labeled it a "ghost dialect," while others argue it assimilated into Crimean Tatar over time. The oldest written records of this dialect predominantly appear in Bible translations. The language of the corpus in this volume, specifically the Book of Leviticus from the so-called Gözleve Bible printed in 1841, is also identified as Crimean Karaim. Past research primarily analyzed the edition based on short fragments, often describing it as showing signs of Tatarization, and sometimes as being created based on Western Karaim manuscripts.
This volume offers a comprehensive examination of the linguistic features of an understudied biblical book from this translation to address these claims, providing a transcription, translation, and a facsimile of the original text. The linguistic examinations, delving into phonology, morphology, morphophonology, syntax, morphosyntax, and lexicon, suggest that while the translation embodies the oldest traditions of Karaim Bible translations, it also reflects specific linguistic trends of its time, illustrating the nature of a mixed variant of Crimean Karaim.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Murat Isik, Murat Işık
• Edition: De Gruyter
• Langues: Anglais, Turc
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 30.12.2024
• EAN: 9783111390703
• ISBN: 978-3-11-139070-3
• Pages: 296
• Poids: 647 g
• Illustrations: 57 b/w ill., 70 b/w tbl.
• Thème: Studien zur Sprache, Geschichte und Kultur der Turkvölker
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Religion, théologie > Autres religions; Islam, Krim, Bibelübersetzung, Andere Religionen, Regional & national history, Turksprachen, Islamic Studies, Regional Studies, Middle Eastern history, Biblical Studies & Exegesis, Other non-Christian religions, Turkic languages, SCI000000 SCIENCE / General, REL017000 RELIGION / Comparative Religion, HIS050000 HISTORY / Asia / Central Asia, REL037000 RELIGION / Islam / General, HIS055000 HISTORY / Middle East / Turkey & Ottoman Empire, REL037010 RELIGION / Islam / History, LIT004220 LITERARY CRITICISM / Middle Eastern, REL037030 RELIGION / Islam / Rituals & Practice, Karaim, Crimean Karaim, Karaimisch, Bible translations