Judeo-Greek to Karaim: Oxford offers courses on rare Jewish languages

Arutz Sheva ^ | 14/10/21 | Michelle Krasovitski

[Eleutheria5]

I'll just have to bookmark this and wait 'til April.

[humblegunner]

You do that.
Thanks for letting us all know.

[Eleutheria5]

Others might be interested.

It might do you some good, too. You could eavesdrop on Jooo! conversations and find out how we’re planning to screw you over, thinking you don’t understand us. Nyahahahaa!/s

[humblegunner]

You could eavesdrop on Jooo! conversations and find out how we’re planning to screw you over

Yah, nah.. we've got agencies paid to monitor hostile foreigners.

Not my problem.

[rrrod]

Cool.

[Wilhelm Tell]

It’s great they are making it available.

[aces]

Yep, it is cool

[married21]

Thank you for this post. My daughter is a linguistics nerd and I passed this on to her.

[Eleutheria5]

It’s awesome that there’s still something to make available.

[Eleutheria5]

Dream on;-)

[Wilhelm Tell]

I wonder how much Judeo-Greek is like the Greek of the Septuagint?

[Eleutheria5]

I have the Septaugint in my bookcase. It’ll be fun to compare once the course starts.

[Eleutheria5]

I wonder if the same can be said for the Greek New Testament, too.

[Eleutheria5]

“Not my problem.”

דער אלטער שכורישע ערל מיינט אז ער איז גאנץ גוט און פיין בלייבן אין טעקסיס מיט זיין פערד. ניאהאה! לאז אים חלומ’ן

[humblegunner]

Bruidhinn Beurla, amadan. Faigh obair.
Gabh amar.

[Eleutheria5]

That some incantation to summon those beneficent (heheheh) federal agents to protect you from hostile foreigners? Let me know if you meet any of either (hostile foreigners OR beneficent federal agents). Scratch that. Hostile foreigners, you’ll meet if you just head due south.

[SJackson]

Middle East and terrorism, occasional political and Jewish issues Ping List. High Volume If you’d like to be on or off, please FR mail me.

[BeauBo]

My friend’s father was raised speaking, reading and writing Ladino (the Jewish language in Spain, derived from the name “Latin”). After the Masada uprising, the Roman Empire forcibly relocated a lot of Jews to Spain, so it goes way back.

When my friend’s father was young on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, several of those languages were present in the neighborhood, especially Yiddish.

When clearing out his house after his passing (at a ripe old age), boxes of his old correspondence were eagerly sought by an American professor, to study the language.

[Eleutheria5]

Unfortunately, when Hitler destroyed the ancient Jewish community of Salonika in Greece, he just about killed off Ladino. But it’s still spoken all over Gibraltar, one of the few places on earth where Jews, Christians and Muslims get along on a daily basis with no drama ever. The possible other being America.

[Eleutheria5]

She might want to watch the three seasons (so far?) of Shtisel on Netflix (subtitled in English). It is an awesomely accurate portrayal of the Haredi community in Jerusalem, both culturally and linguistically. They alternate between modern Hebrew and Yiddish in daily conversation, and it’s also a compelling story.