Ora Schwarzwald

Biographic Data

ID2247519
NAMEOra Schwarzwald
GIVEN NAMESOra
FAMILY NAMESchwarzwald
SIGNATURESCHWARZWALD O
AFFILIATIONSBar-Ilan University
ORCID0000-0001-9653-6958
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS11
TOTAL CITATIONS2
AUTHOR COUNT11
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1981
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2020
H-INDEX1

  • The Factors Regulating the Use of the Hebrew-Aramaic Component in Judeo-Spanish

    Ora SchwarzwaldARTICLEJournal of Jewish Languages2020

    This article focuses on the quantitative and qualitative weight of the Hebrew-Aramaic ( HA ) component in Judeo-Spanish ( JS ) by examining three characteristics of language usage: 1. linguistic features of HA words: morphological—nouns vs. other categories (e.g., mazál ‘luck. N ’ vs. maxamá ‘because of. PREP ’); semantic— HA words and phrases related to Jewish religious concepts as opposed to other HA words and phrases (e.g., rošaná ‘New Year’ v…

  • Coṃpendio delas šeḥiṭót (Constantinople ca. 1510)

    Dov Cohen, Ora SchwarzwaldARTICLEJournal of Jewish Languages2019

    It is commonly accepted that Hilkhot Sheḥiṭa u-Vdika (literally, ‘The Laws of Ritual Slaughter and Examination’—Constantinople ca. 1510) was the first publication ever printed in Judeo-Spanish. Yet scholars possessed no evidence that the work actually existed, and no information was available regarding its contents or language. Recently, however, the first four pages of the publication were discovered among the remnants of the Cairo Genizah. The …

  • Modern Hebrew še- and Judeo-Spanish ke- (que-) in Independent Modal Constructions

    Ora Schwarzwald, Sigal ShlomoARTICLEJournal of Jewish Languages2015

    Modality in Modern Hebrew is expressed in different ways. This article concentrates on one special construction consisting of an independent clause introduced by the particle še followed by a future tense verb, which expresses a variety of modal meanings: desires, wishes, prohibitions, volitions, curses, commands, etc. This means of expressing modality is very common in spoken Modern Hebrew, and can be found in various literary genres. As for its…

  • Linguistic Variations in Early Ladino Translations

    Ora SchwarzwaldARTICLEJournal of Jewish Languages2014

    The differences between early Ladino liturgical translations and halakhic translations, both of which were based on Hebrew sources, are analyzed in this study. The liturgical translations include the Bible, Pirke Avot, the Passover Haggadah, and the Siddur as well as biblical citations in these sources. The halakhic translations include Mesa de el alma ( Shulḥan Hapanim in Hebrew) which is a translation of Shulḥan Arukh , the translations of Ḥova…

  • Two Sixteenth-Century Ladino Prayer Books for Women

    Ora Schwarzwald, Ora Rodrigue SchwarzwaldARTICLEEuropean Judaism2010

  • Linguistic Variations Among Ladino Translations as Determined by Geographical, Temporal and Textual Factors

    Ora Schwarzwald, Ora Rodrigue SchwarzwaldARTICLEFolia Linguistica Historica1996

    Article LINGUISTIC VARIATIONS AMONG LADINO TRANSLATIONS AS DETERMINED BY GEOGRAPHICAL, TEMPORAL AND TEXTUAL FACTORS was published on January 1, 1996 in the journal Folia Linguistica (volume 30, issue Historica-vol-17-1-2)

  • Morphological Aspects in the Development of Judeo-Spanish

    Ora Schwarzwald, Ora Rodrigue SchwarzwaldARTICLEFolia Linguistica1993

  • "Schwarzwald, "Targume ha-Ladino le-Pirkei Avot

    Paul Wexler, Ora SchwarzwaldARTICLEThe Jewish Quarterly Review1992

  • The Venice 1601 Ladino Translation of Pirke Aboth

    Ora Schwarzwald, Ora Rodrigue SchwarzwaldARTICLEFolia Linguistica Historica1990

  • Language Problems as Reflected in Hebrew Poems for Children

    Ora SchwarzwaldARTICLELanguage Problems & Language…1988Cited by: 2

    Problemas idiomáticos reflejadas en poesías hebreas para niños El présente estudio, dedicado a temas idiomáticos y lingüísticos, es el resultado de un trabajo de investigación de poesías hebreas para niños. La investigación revela que varias de las poesías están dedicadas a renovación idiomática y a problemas de estandarización. Taies problemas son presentados aquí por medio de poemas infantiles a modo de ilustración del dilema histórico y sociol…

  • Grammaticality in Modern Hebrew

    Open AccessOra Schwarzwald, Ora Rodrigue SchwarzwaldARTICLEInternational Journal Middle East…1981References: 1

    The term “grammar” is ambiguous. This essay explores the meanings of the term in general and concentrates on its relevance to Modem Hebrew. The gap between the lexical meanings and the speakers' knowledge of grammaticality is demonstrated as being a result of the close linkage between Biblical Hebrew grammar and Modem Hebrew norms