Linguistic and Cultural Studies on Arabic and Hebrew

Essays presented to Professor Moshe Piamenta for his Eightieth Birthday. Edited by Judith Rosenhouse and Ami Elad-Bouskila. This is a Festschrift for Professor Moshe Piamenta, a great linguist, scholar and researcher, who has contributed to the field of Arabic and Hebrew language and culture for more than six decades. The book is divided into two parts: studies on Arabic and Hebrew, concerning aspects of both the dialects and literary register of Arabic, including lexicological issues. Part II deals with culture as manifest in Jerusalem. XXVII,317 Seiten, broschiert (Harrassowitz Verlag 2001)