25 Apr 90 JUDAIC STUDIES #39 30 Nisan 50 BS"D To send a note to this listserv on any issue of common interest, address it to judaica@taunivm Edited by Y. Greenbaum CONTENTS 1) Lost correspondence 2) Aramaic Dictionary 3) More rentals 4) Judaic Studies Departments 1) Lost correspondence Due to an "error", mail which reached me during the second week of April may have been erased before I received it. This problem is compounded by the erratic nature of electronic mail between France and Tel Aviv in recent weeks (now corrected). In sum, any mail which you have sent since the beginning of March, which I have not acknowledged or acted upon, please send again. 2) Aramaic Dictionary The following is from the promotional literature submitted by the author: A Dictionary of Jewish Palestinian Aramaic of the Byzantine Period by Michael Sokoloff Jewish Palestinean Aramaic was the language spoken and written by the Jews of the Land of Israel during the Talmudic and Post-Talmudic Periods (3rd - 8th centuries c.e.) until it was displaced by Arabic. The major literary products of this period were composed either completely (e.g. the Palestinian Targums) or partially (e.g. the Palestinian Talmud and Midrashim) in this language. All of the existing dictionaries which until now have included the vocabulary of Jewish Palestinian Aramaic are outdated, since they were composed before the important manuscript discoveries of the last hundred years in European libraries and the Cairo Geniza. Both have enriched the number of sources for this language and have provided a more reliable textual base for previously known compositions. As the basis of this dictionary, the author has utilized the entire corpus of texts according to the most reliable manuscript sources. In addition to the dictionary itself with its approximately 6000 entries, the volume includes a listing of all passages quoted, and under which entries they are to be found. This work is for scholars working in the fields of Aramaic and Semitic linguistics, Rabbinic literature, and the languages of the Land of Israel in late antiquity. Michael Sokoloff is a Professor in the Departments of Hebrew and Semitic Languages and Talmud at Bar-Ilan University. 832 pp. Aramaic and English. Cloth. 1990. $99 including postage. (Checks to Bar-Ilan University Press, Ramat-Gan 52900, Israel). 3) More rentals From: Marc Bregman Date: Fri, 20 Apr 1990 13:38 IST Many thanks for putting my two notices in the Newsletter. Here is another rental add: For Rent: Villa with garden (2 bedrooms plus study and salon) -- American style appliances and furnishings in Bakka section of Jerusalem. From mid-September 1990 for about one year. For further information call or write: Winegrod, POB 10129, Jerusalem 91101 (Tel. 02-732-853) From: Jeff Date: Fri, 20 Apr 90 07:59 EDT I will be going to Israel in June (around the 18th) for a year, studying at the Hebrew Union College. I need an apartment also. As long as it has heat, I'll be generally satisfied, but I'd like a nice bathroom and stuff, too. I would like something I could share with at least one other person (separate bedrooms) and have a TOTAL monthly rent of $600 or so. Jeff reply to: ASTRACHAN@HARTFORD From: AMNON ZIPIN Date: Fri, 20 Apr 90 08:43:22 EDT I need a small furnished appartment for the month of June in Tel Aviv. Anywhere from Nordau in the north to Alenbi in the South and from Hayarkon to Ibn Gevirol. Please contact AMNON@OHSTVMA. Thanks. 4) Judaic Studies Departments The following question is reproduced from HILLEL-L (at KSUVM) with the permission of the author. From: ASTRACHAN@HARTFORD.BITNET Date: Sun, 11 Mar 90 00:13:00 EDT The University of Hartford has a Judaic Studies department. It's only been running about 3 years, but it is quickly gaining recognition for its contribution to the academic environment here. I'm curious to know what others think of their school's Judaic departments.