Author: Judith K. Jarvis
Publisher: Panther`s Lodge Publishers
ISBN: 1985856565
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
From unlikely places like Scotland and the Appalachian Mountains to the Bible and archives of the Spanish Inquisition, this valuable resource published in 2018 is the first to cover the naming practices of Conversos, Marranos and secret Jews along with more familiar Central and Eastern European Jewries. It includes Joseph Jacobs’ classic work on Jewish Names, a chapter on Scottish clans and septs, thousands of Sephardic and Ashkenazic surnames from early colonial records and Rabbi Malcolm Stern’s 445 Early American Jewish Families. Appendix A contains 400 surnames from the Greater London cemetery Adath Yisroel. Appendix B provides a combined name index to the indispensable When Scotland Was Jewish, Jews and Muslims in British Colonial America and The Early Jews and Muslims of England and Wales, all by Elizabeth Caldwell Hirschman and Donald N. Yates. It contains 276 pages and has an extensive index and bibliography. “Up-to-date and valuable research tool for genealogists and those interested in Jewish origins.” —Eran Elhaik, Assistant Professor, The University of Sheffield
Book of Jewish and Crypto-Jewish Surnames
Author: Judith K. Jarvis
Publisher: Panther`s Lodge Publishers
ISBN: 1985856565
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
From unlikely places like Scotland and the Appalachian Mountains to the Bible and archives of the Spanish Inquisition, this valuable resource published in 2018 is the first to cover the naming practices of Conversos, Marranos and secret Jews along with more familiar Central and Eastern European Jewries. It includes Joseph Jacobs’ classic work on Jewish Names, a chapter on Scottish clans and septs, thousands of Sephardic and Ashkenazic surnames from early colonial records and Rabbi Malcolm Stern’s 445 Early American Jewish Families. Appendix A contains 400 surnames from the Greater London cemetery Adath Yisroel. Appendix B provides a combined name index to the indispensable When Scotland Was Jewish, Jews and Muslims in British Colonial America and The Early Jews and Muslims of England and Wales, all by Elizabeth Caldwell Hirschman and Donald N. Yates. It contains 276 pages and has an extensive index and bibliography. “Up-to-date and valuable research tool for genealogists and those interested in Jewish origins.” —Eran Elhaik, Assistant Professor, The University of Sheffield
Publisher: Panther`s Lodge Publishers
ISBN: 1985856565
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
From unlikely places like Scotland and the Appalachian Mountains to the Bible and archives of the Spanish Inquisition, this valuable resource published in 2018 is the first to cover the naming practices of Conversos, Marranos and secret Jews along with more familiar Central and Eastern European Jewries. It includes Joseph Jacobs’ classic work on Jewish Names, a chapter on Scottish clans and septs, thousands of Sephardic and Ashkenazic surnames from early colonial records and Rabbi Malcolm Stern’s 445 Early American Jewish Families. Appendix A contains 400 surnames from the Greater London cemetery Adath Yisroel. Appendix B provides a combined name index to the indispensable When Scotland Was Jewish, Jews and Muslims in British Colonial America and The Early Jews and Muslims of England and Wales, all by Elizabeth Caldwell Hirschman and Donald N. Yates. It contains 276 pages and has an extensive index and bibliography. “Up-to-date and valuable research tool for genealogists and those interested in Jewish origins.” —Eran Elhaik, Assistant Professor, The University of Sheffield
A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from the Mediterranean Region
Author: Alexander Beider
Publisher: Avotaynu
ISBN: 9780998057118
Category : Names, Personal
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher: Avotaynu
ISBN: 9780998057118
Category : Names, Personal
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from Italy, France and "Portuguese" Communities, Including Surnames of Jews from Continental Italy, Non-Ashkenazic Communities in France, and Sephardic Communities in Western Europe (after the 1490s) and the Americas
Author: Alexander Beider
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780998057187
Category : Names, Personal
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
"A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from Italy, France and "Portuguese" Communities Including surnames of Jews from continental Italy, non-Ashkenazic communities in France, and Sephardic communities in Western Europe (after the 1490s) and the Americas. Each entry includes etymology, where found, source, variants (if any)."--
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780998057187
Category : Names, Personal
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
"A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from Italy, France and "Portuguese" Communities Including surnames of Jews from continental Italy, non-Ashkenazic communities in France, and Sephardic communities in Western Europe (after the 1490s) and the Americas. Each entry includes etymology, where found, source, variants (if any)."--
A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from the Russian Empire
Author: Alexander Beider
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 1052
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 1052
Book Description
A Dictionary of Jewish Names and Their History
Author: Benzion C. Kaganoff
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1568219539
Category : Names, Personal
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
This reference examines the history of Jewish forenames and surnames, tracing the origin of each name and the changes that have occured over generations.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1568219539
Category : Names, Personal
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
This reference examines the history of Jewish forenames and surnames, tracing the origin of each name and the changes that have occured over generations.
A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from Galicia
Author: Alexander Beider
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 636
Book Description
Galicia, formerly part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and Poland, is now in the Ukraine.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 636
Book Description
Galicia, formerly part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and Poland, is now in the Ukraine.
Dictionary of Jewish Biography
Author: Dan Cohn-Sherbok
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 0826480403
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 383
Book Description
From Abraham to Saul Bellow, from Moses Maimonides to Woody Allen, from the Balla Shem Tov to Albert Einstein, this comprehensive dictionary of Jewish biographies provides a first point of entry into the richness of the Jewish heritage. With the advice of leading Jewish scholars, the Dictionary of Jewish Biography provides a rapid reference to those Jewish men and women who have, over the last four thousand years, contributed to the life of the Jewish people and the history of the Jewish religion. This dictionary will prove essential for general readers interested in the evolution of Judaism from ancient times to the present day, a perfect study aid for students and teachers.
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 0826480403
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 383
Book Description
From Abraham to Saul Bellow, from Moses Maimonides to Woody Allen, from the Balla Shem Tov to Albert Einstein, this comprehensive dictionary of Jewish biographies provides a first point of entry into the richness of the Jewish heritage. With the advice of leading Jewish scholars, the Dictionary of Jewish Biography provides a rapid reference to those Jewish men and women who have, over the last four thousand years, contributed to the life of the Jewish people and the history of the Jewish religion. This dictionary will prove essential for general readers interested in the evolution of Judaism from ancient times to the present day, a perfect study aid for students and teachers.
A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from the Kingdom of Poland
Author: Alexander Beider
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
Jewish Personal Names
Author: Shmuel Gorr
Publisher: Avotaynu
ISBN:
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
"This book shows the roots of more than 1,200 Jewish personal names. It shows all Yiddish/Hebrew variants of a root name with English transliteration. Hebrew variants show the exact spelling including vowels. Footnotes explain how these variants were derived. An index of all variants allows you to easily locate the name in the body of book. Also presented are family names originating from personal names."--Publisher description.
Publisher: Avotaynu
ISBN:
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
"This book shows the roots of more than 1,200 Jewish personal names. It shows all Yiddish/Hebrew variants of a root name with English transliteration. Hebrew variants show the exact spelling including vowels. Footnotes explain how these variants were derived. An index of all variants allows you to easily locate the name in the body of book. Also presented are family names originating from personal names."--Publisher description.
Jewish Family Names and Their Origins
Author: Heinrich Walter Guggenheimer
Publisher: KTAV Publishing House, Inc.
ISBN: 9780881252972
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 932
Book Description
Publisher: KTAV Publishing House, Inc.
ISBN: 9780881252972
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 932
Book Description