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A
Dictionary of Ashkenazic Given Names:
Their
Origins,
Structure, Pronunciation, and Migrations
by Alexander
Beider
Dr.
Alexander Beider, author of A
Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from
the Russian Empire and A
Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from
the Kingdom of Poland has completed his
third magnum opus, A
Dictionary of
Ashkenazic Given Names.
The
most comprehensive compilation and analysis of Ashkenazic given names
ever!
This 728-page book identifies more than 15,000 given names derived from
just 735 root names. Each root name includes a detailed description of
the origin (etymology) of the name, a list of the variant and
derivative names displayed in a scheme that reveals how the variants
evolved, and references to the more than 15,000 variations of the root
names throughout the centuries--some dating back to the 11th century.
An index to the 15,000 variations guides you to the proper root name.
The book may be helpful in breaking down the brick wall caused by
Eastern European Jews not having surnames prior to the 19th century.
Because this book identifies a given name in a specific place at a
specific time it may provide a clue as to the early origin of ancestors. |
8 1/2" x 11"
hardcover 728 pages
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Breakthroughs in
Understanding Early
Ashkenazic History and Ashkenazic Given Names
The
Dictionary represents only 60% of the book. The remainder is a 300-page
thesis on the origins, structure, pronunciation, and migrations of
Ashkenazic given names. It provides new important data information
about:
* the general history of Ashkenazic
Jewry including
an analysis of Jewish migrations in Europe since the Middle Ages until
the 17th century
* an analysis of the names borrowed
from Gentiles
shedding more light on the relationship between Jews and non-Jews in
the Middle Ages
* a history of Yiddish including dating
of various
phonetic phenomena, dating the beginnings of Yiddish dialects, dating
and localizing the use of various diminutive suffixes. |
Zachary Baker,
former
Head Librarian of YIVO Institute and now Reinhard Family Curator of
Judaica and Hebraica Collections Stanford University Libraries said:
Alexander Beider's latest book on Jewish names is a real tour-de-force,
a major contribution to onomastics with wide-ranging applications to
several other fields as well. The author ingeniously makes use of first
names in the service of "linguistic archaeology," and this method has
enabled him to trace migratory patterns that are not otherwise
discernible from archival documents. The publication of this important
work is cause for genuine celebration. |
Sample portions of the book
* Table of Contents
* The dictionary entry for the feminine
given name Yentl
* List of the 15,000 given names in the dictionary
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Cost:
$85.00
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A
Special Offer
Purchase all
three of Dr. Beider's books -- A Dictionary of
Jewish Surnames from
Galicia, A
Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from the Kingdom of Poland and A Dictionary of
Ashkenazic Given Names for only $199.00
(retail value
$239.50). |
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