Studies in the Grammar and Lexicon of Neo-Aramaic

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Ángel Pulido

"In 1903, four centuries after Spain expelled the Jews, a Spanish senator launched a campaign to have his country reopen relations with the Sephardic Jews ... To promote the campaign, Senator Ángel Pulido wrote the classic book SEPHARDIC JEWS AND THE SPANISH LANGUAGE, now available in English for the first time. Eager to let Jews speak for themselves, he devoted a third of the book to photos and letters from Sephardim in Turkey, Morocco, Palestine, Austria and Romania, in which they describe their communities, synagogues, schools, families, literature and aspirations. They also wrote to him about Ladino - the Judeo-Spanish language that many of them still used at home and in worship. The book documents Sephardic life at a turning point: the late nineteenth and early twentieth century ... " -- page 4 of cover.

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Richard S. Chapin

"In The Biblical Personality: A Rabbinic Analysis of Hebrew Scripture, Rabbi Richard Chapin examines the important men and women of the Bible through the use of traditional commentaries along with his own contemporary perspective. Vivid and accessible descriptions of Jewish thought may be found in the stories of the Bible and, specifically, in the personalities presented in these stories. These personalities not only come to life in the biblical narrative but remain alive for generations of readers."--BOOK JACKET.

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Mercedes Guerreiro et Jean Lemaître

Jeudi 25 avril 1974. Lisbonne. Les studios de Rádio Renascença. Programme ± Limite ». Minuit vingt minutes et dix-neuf secondes... À cet instant précis, un journaliste et un technicien trompent la censure et diffusent sur les ondes la chanson ± Grândola Vila Morena » de José Afonso. C’est le signal convenu, avec le mouvement clandestin des capitaines, pour lancer l’insurrection militaire contre le régime fasciste du Portugal.0Ce livre détaille la façon dont ce coup de maître a été réussi. Il retrace l’histoire de la chanson et de son auteur. 0Quarante ans se sont écoulés. ± Grândola Vila Morena » retrouve une seconde jeunesse. Au Portugal, et ailleurs en Europe, la chanson accompagne aujourd’hui les actions contre l’austérité sociale, devenant un hymne international d’union et d’espoir.

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John Hamilton

The life story of Jesse James, famous outlaw of the Old West, from his activities in the Civil War and his career as a bank robber to his demise at the Ford brothers' house.