Hello We would like to introduce a new book published by the Hebrew university Magnes press: Studies in the Culture of North African Jewry Collection of the Lectures Presented in the Workshop at Yale University October 15-24, 2012 Edited by: Moshe Bar-Asher<http://www.magnes-press.com/Authors/Moshe+Bar-Asher.aspx?name=Moshe+Bar-Asher>, Steven D. Fraade<http://www.magnes-press.com/Authors/Steven+D.+Fraade.aspx?name=Steven+D.+Fraade>
This volume offers twelve studies based on lectures delivered by participants of the workshop. These studies deal with culture and history, customs and traditions from all North African Jewish communities. The studies are to a large extent based on documents housed in the Yale University Library. This volume is a continuation of volume 1<http://www.magnes-press.com/Book/Studies+in+the+History+and+Culture+of+North+African+Jewry.aspx?name=Studies+in+the+History+and+Culture+of+North+African+Jewry&code=45-341033&docNo=3&qid=1&from=Authors/Steven+D.+Fraade.aspx> that appeared in 2011 The articles in this volume: Moshe Bar-Asher - Moroccan Traditions on Worshippers of the Golden Calf and Profaned Priests Nathalie Akun - Vestiges of Eretz Israel in the Hebrew of Morocco Avishai Bar-Asher - Tablets and Fragments of Tablets: Some Notes on R. Yehuda b. Yoseph Al-Carasani's Aron ha-'Edut Yaakov Bentolila - The Nineteenth-Century Book of Records from the Jewish Community of Tangier and Its Contribution to a Dictionary of Hebrew Elements in Haketia Ephraim Hazan and Rachel Hitin-Mashiah - Mi Khamokha, Local Piyyutim on Miraculous Deliverance in North African Jewish Communities Yehudit Henshke - The Judeo-Arabic Origins of Modern Israeli Idioms and Proverbs Nahem Ilan - A Letter of Intervention on Behalf of the Greek Patriarch Egypt Aharon Maman - Textual Metonymy in Jewish Languages Jessica M. Marglin - Cooperation and Competition among Jewish and Islamic Courts: Double Notarization in Nineteenth-Century Morroco Ariel Shaveh - Trends in Contemporary North African Prayer Books Joseph Tedghi - An Unpublished Responsum by Rabbi Yoseph Messas about Jewish Marriage Contracts Ofra Tirosh-Bedker - A Reflection of a Linguistic Reality: An Algerian Judeo-Arabic Book for the New Year Indexes Index of Sources Index of Subjects and Texts Linguistic of Words To view the other volumes in this series please press here<http://www.magnes-press.com/Authors/Steven+D.+Fraade.aspx?name=Steven+D.+Fraade>. Language: English Price: $ 28.66 eBook: $ 21.50 For contents and sample pages press here<http://www.magnes-press.com/NetisUtils/srvrutil_getdoc.aspx/0L3GuDZ5S/preview/preview.pdf?> For more information press here<http://www.magnes-press.com/Book/Studies+in+the+Culture+of+North+African+Jewry.aspx?name=Studies+in+the+Culture+of+North+African+Jewry&code=45-341037> Celestina Levant International marketing Hebrew University Magnes press http://www.magnes-press.com<http://www.magnes-press.com/> Tel: 972-2-6584780 Fax: 972-2-5633370
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