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Author: Lewis Glinert (Lecturer in Hebrew and Jewish Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies, Lecturer in Hebrew and Jewish Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London)
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 21.80cm
, Height: 2.00cm
, Length: 14.20cm
Weight: 0.404kg
ISBN: 9780195086683
ISBN 10: 0195086686
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 29 September 1994
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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General/trade
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: To order
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Reviews
""Glinert delights in sharing punchy anecdotes and humorous stories....Will be welcomed on its own merits for its easy readability and informative entries. It is one of the few on the subject available to readers of English.""--Library Journal ""A guide to some 600 Hebrew words and expressions in active use among English-speaking Jews -- presented with pronounciations and defined sources ranging from Psalms through Chasidic one-liners to Israeli pop songs."" --Reference and Research Book News ""Glinert delights in sharing punchy anecdotes and humorous stories....Will be welcomed on its own merits for its easy readability and informative entries. It is one of the few on the subject available to readers of English.""--Library Journal ""A guide to some 600 Hebrew words and expressions in active use among English-speaking Jews -- presented with pronounciations and defined sources ranging from Psalms through Chasidic one-liners to Israeli pop songs."" --Reference and Research Book News ""A unique resource....Entertaining and informative.""--Booklist ""[A] delightful collection....The discussions, based on impeccable scholarship, are presented with light-hearted humor so that this is a dictionary that can actually be read.""--The Jewish Week
Glinert delights in sharing punchy anecdotes and humorous stories....Will be welcomed on its own merits for its easy readability and informative entries. It is one of the few on the subject available to readers of English. --Library Journal A guide to some 600 Hebrew words and expressions in active use among English-speaking Jews -- presented with pronounciations and defined sources ranging from Psalms through Chasidic one-liners to Israeli pop songs. --Reference and Research Book News Glinert delights in sharing punchy anecdotes and humorous stories....Will be welcomed on its own merits for its easy readability and informative entries. It is one of the few on the subject available to readers of English. --Library Journal A guide to some 600 Hebrew words and expressions in active use among English-speaking Jews -- presented with pronounciations and defined sources ranging from Psalms through Chasidic one-liners to Israeli pop songs. --Reference and Research Book News A unique resource....Entertaining and informative. --Booklist [A] delightful collection....The discussions, based on impeccable scholarship, are presented with light-hearted humor so that this is a dictionary that can actually be read. --The Jewish Week
"""Glinert delights in sharing punchy anecdotes and humorous stories....Will be welcomed on its own merits for its easy readability and informative entries. It is one of the few on the subject available to readers of English.""--Library Journal ""A guide to some 600 Hebrew words and expressions in active use among English-speaking Jews -- presented with pronounciations and defined sources ranging from Psalms through Chasidic one-liners to Israeli pop songs."" --Reference and Research Book News ""Glinert delights in sharing punchy anecdotes and humorous stories....Will be welcomed on its own merits for its easy readability and informative entries. It is one of the few on the subject available to readers of English.""--Library Journal ""A guide to some 600 Hebrew words and expressions in active use among English-speaking Jews -- presented with pronounciations and defined sources ranging from Psalms through Chasidic one-liners to Israeli pop songs."" --Reference and Research Book News ""A unique resource....Entertaining and informative.""--Booklist ""[A] delightful collection....The discussions, based on impeccable scholarship, are presented with light-hearted humor so that this is a dictionary that can actually be read.""--The Jewish Week"
The book is pure gold and - the acid test - can be read at one sitting. It will retain the reader's interest and generate smiles from beginning to end. Sidney Lightman, Jewish Chronicle
Author Information
Lewis Glinert is also author of The Grammar of Modern Hebrew and editor of Hebrew in Ashkenaz: A Language in Exile.
