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Kaddish
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Logemann began Kaddish, a series of ten ink, oil, and varnish paintings, in 1993 and completed it in 1996. Each canvas includes a circle with the Jewish memorial prayer in Hebrew and English…

Contributor:

Jane Logemann

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Date:

1995

Subjects:

Art, Jewish languages, Language and linguistics, Prayer & liturgy, Mourning

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Cartooning & graphic art
Ink painting of Hebrew letters, Hebrew words, and English transliteration.
A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Bavli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature
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[ . . . ] A few remarks on foreign words in the literature which for the sake of brevity is here called Talmudic, may not be out of place in this preface.The intercourse between the Jews of the…

Contributor:

Marcus Jastrow

Places:

Philadelphia, United States of America

Date:

1903

Subjects:

Language and linguistics, Jewish languages, Talmud, Midrash, Theology

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Language & Linguistics
Behistun Trilingual Inscription and Aramaic Papyrus
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Behistun Trilingual Inscription, Persia. This inscription of Darius I (reigned 522–486 BCE) illustrates the polyglot character of the Persian Empire. Versions in the Old Persian, Elamite, and Akkadian…

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Kermanshah, Iran
Elephantine, Egypt (Jazīrat Aswān, Egypt)

Date:

Persian Period, Late 6th–Early 5th Century BCE

Subjects:

Language and linguistics, Writing, Jewish languages

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Language & Linguistics
Relief with figures with hands bound standing next to larger figure along wall with relief of winged figure and Persian, Elamite, and Akkadian inscriptions.