Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preliminary Material / Benjamin H. Hary -- Preface / Benjamin H. Hary -- Technical Notes / Benjamin H. Hary -- Chapter I The Mechanisms of Arabic Multiglossia / Benjamin H. Hary -- Chapter II The Beginnings of Arabic Multiglossia / Benjamin H. Hary -- Chapter III Middle Arabic / Benjamin H. Hary -- Chapter IV Judeo-Arabic / Benjamin H. Hary -- Chapter V The Purim of the Cairene Jewish Community / Benjamin H. Hary -- Chapter VI The Critical Text of Version A / Benjamin H. Hary -- Chapter VII The Critical Text of Version B / Benjamin H. Hary -- Chapter VIII Grammar and Linguistic Background of the Purim Scroll of the Cairene Jewish Community / Benjamin H. Hary -- Bibliography / Benjamin H. Hary -- General Index / Benjamin H. Hary -- Index of Biblical References / Benjamin H. Hary -- Études Sur Le Judaisme Medieval / Benjamin H. Hary.

This volume contains a study of multiglossia in Judeo-Arabic in addition to a critical edition, annotated translation, and a cultural and a grammatical study of The Purim Scroll of the Cairene Jewish Community , written in 1524 to commemorate the deliverance of the Jews of Cairo from Ahmad Pasha, the governor of Egypt. 'Multiglossia' is a linguistic state in which different varieties of a language exist side by side in a language community and are used under different circumstances or with various functions. 'Judeo-Arabic' has been written and spoken in various forms by Jews throughout the Arabic-speaking world. Part One places the language of the Judeo-Arabic text of the Scroll within the multiglossic history of Judeo-Arabic. Part Two introduces the two critical editions of the Scroll, both in Hebrew and Judeo-Arabic, with the variant readings followed by an annotated translation. Part Three presents a detailed grammar of the Scroll using the framework of Judeo-Arabic multiglossia.

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