The Place of Modern Hebrew as a Lingua Franca of Jewish Studies

Appendix

This page includes four tables omitted for lack of space from my paper entitled "The Place of Modern Hebrew as a Lingua Franca of Jewish Studies", which appeared in Language Problems & Language Planning 31/2: 131-141 in 2007.

Table 1: Fields of Jewish Studies (my classification)

• 1 General studies
• 2 The Bible
• 3 Geography and archeology of the Land of Israel
• 4 History of the Jewish people
  • 4.1 History of the Jewish people in the Biblical period
  • 4.2 History of the Jewish people in the period of the Second Temple, Mishna and Talmud
  • 4.3 History of the Jewish people in the middle ages
  • 4.4 History of the Jewish people in the modern period
• 5 Anti-Semitism
• 6 The Holocaust
• 7 History of the Land of Israel
• 8 Zionism
• 9 History of the State of Israel
• 10 Rabbinic literature
• 11 Halakha and Jewish law
• 12 Liturgy and prayer
• 13 Jewish philosophy
  • 13.1 Jewish philosophy: general
  • 13.2 Jewish philosophy in the Hellenistic period
  • 13.3 Jewish philosophy in the middle ages
  • 13.4 Jewish philosophy in the modern period
• 14 Literatures
  • 14.1 Medieval Hebrew literature
  • 14.2 Modern Hebrew literature
  • 14.3 Yiddish literature
  • 14.4 Judeo-Spanish literature
  • 14.5 Literature in other Jewish languages
  • 14.6 Jewish literature in other languages
  • 14.7 Jews and Judaism in world literature
• 15 Languages
  • 15.1 The Hebrew language
  • 15.2 The Yiddish language
  • 15.3 The Judeo-Spanish language
  • 15.4 Other Jewish languages
• 16 Arts
  • 16.1 Jewish and Israeli art
  • 16.2 Jewish and Israeli music
  • 16.3 Jewish and Israeli theater
  • 16.4 Jewish and Israeli films
• 17 Jewish folklore
• 18 Jewish onomastics
• 19 Contemporary Jewry
  • 19.1 Contemporary Jewry: general
  • 19.2 Jewish demography
  • 19.3 Israeli society
  • 19.4 West European Jewry
  • 19.5 East European Jewry
  • 19.6 Soviet and Russian Jewry
  • 19.7 Middle Eastern and North African Jewry
  • 19.8 North American Jewry
  • 19.9 South American Jewry
• 20 Miscellaneous

Table 2: Number of Presentations in the World Congress of Jewish Studies

Abbreviations

• I: Israel
• E: English-speaking countries (United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand)
• O: other countries

Area	5th (1969)									9th (1985)									13th (2001)
	Hebrew			English			Other			Hebrew			English			Other			Hebrew			English			Other
	I	E	O	I	E	O	I	E	O	I	E	O	I	E	O	I	E	O	I	E	O	I	E	O	I	E	O
General																			2	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
																			2			5			0
The Bible	20	5	1	3	12	5	0	0	6	39	6	1	17	36	12	1	0	12	58	6	0	16	21	12	0	0	0
	26			20			6			46			65			13			64			49			0
Geography of the Land of Israel										2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
										2			2			0
Archeology of the Land of Israel	12	1	0	4	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	7	0	1	0	0	0
	13			7			0			2			8			0
History of the Jewish people: general	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	2	5	4	0	0	0
	1			1			1			2			0			0			13			11			0
History of the Jewish people in the Biblicalperiod	5	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	5	1	0	4	2	3	0	0	0
	6			3			1			6			9			0
History of the Jewish people in the period ofthe Second Temple, Mishna and Talmud	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	0	0	2	3	1	0	0	1	18	1	0	5	3	4	0	0	0
	6			0			0			20			6			1			19			12			0
History of the Jewish people in the middleages	12	5	1	0	3	1	0	0	4	21	7	0	3	8	8	0	1	18	19	1	1	2	6	10	0	0	0
	18			4			4			30			19			19			21			18			0
History of the Jewish people in the modernperiod	20	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	47	2	0	5	9	3	0	0	7	28	1	1	12	17	24	1	0	0
	23			2			1			49			17			7			30			53			1
Anti-Semitism										2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
										2			2			0
The Holocaust	5	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	14	1	0	1	7	0	0	0	0	37	1	1	6	5	5	0	0	1
	5			3			1			15			8			0			39			16			1
History of the Land of Israel	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0										2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
	4			0			0												2			1			0
Zionism	6	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	44	2	1	0	3	3	0	0	0
	6			2			0			6			0			1			47			4			0
History of the State of Israel										16	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
										16			1			0			14			0			0
Rabbinic literature	10	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	30	6	1	0	3	1	0	0	1	63	8	1	2	8	3	0	0	0
	11			2			0			37			4			1			72			13			0
Halakha and Jewish law	15	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	2	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	23	3	0	1	2	0	0	0	0
	19			0			0			24			4			0			26			3			0
Liturgy and prayer										1	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	6	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
										3			2			0			8			1			0
Jewish philosophy in the Hellenistic period	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0
	2			0			0			1			3			0			1			4			0
Jewish philosophy in the middle ages	10	5	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	18	5	2	4	11	1	0	0	1	16	1	0	3	9	5	0	0	0
	15			3			1			25			16			1			17			17			0
Jewish philosophy in the modern period	6	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	9	3	3	4	17	0	0	0	1	39	1	2	6	14	6	0	0	0
	8			1			1			15			21			1			42			26			0
Medieval Hebrew literature	6	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	15	1	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
	6			3			0			19			2			0			15			3			0
Modern Hebrew literature	11	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	39	13	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	54	8	3	2	6	1	0	0	0
	14			2			0			54			3			0			65			9			0
Yiddish literature	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	7	0	7	0	5	2	1	1	0	1	5	2	1	4
	4			0			0			5			8			12			4			6			7
Judeo-Spanish literature	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2										8	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
	1			0			2												8			2			0
Jews and Judaism in world literature	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	2	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	0	1	0	0
	2			2			1			3			9			1			1			6			1
The Hebrew language	13	1	1	0	4	1	0	0	3	30	1	2	2	6	7	0	0	1	35	2	2	1	5	5	0	0	0
	15			5			3			33			15			1			39			11			0
The Yiddish language	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1										2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1
	0			1			2												2			1			2
The Judeo-Spanish language										1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2
										1			1			0
Other Jewish languages	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	4	0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0
	3			1			1			4			3			1			6			3			0
Jewish and Israeli art	7	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	10	0	0	9	4	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	25	7	8	0	0	0
	7			3			1			10			13			0			14			40			0
Jewish and Israeli music	10	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	5	3	1	0	0	1
	10			2			0			6			8			0			12			9			1
Jewish and Israeli theater										9	0	0	3	8	1	0	0	0
										9			12			0
Jewish folklore	14	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	2	11	0	0	5	10	16	0	0	1	31	0	0	4	4	8	0	0	0
	15			3			3			11			31			1			31			16			0
Jewish onomastics																			10	0	0	5	3	5	0	0	0
																			10			13			0
Contemporary Jewry: general	5	0	0	2	4	1	0	0	0										19	0	0	2	7	3	0	0	0
	5			7			0												19			12			0
Israeli society																			6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
																			6			0			0
Soviet and Russian Jewry																			3	0	0	2	1	3	0	0	2
																			3			6			2
North American Jewry																			2	0	0	2	5	0	0	0	0
																			2			7			0
South American Jewry										6	0	1	7	10	2	7	0	8	0	1	0	4	7	2	10	1	14
										7			19			15			1			13			25
Jewish demography	0	0	0	11	6	4	0	0	1	2	0	0	12	20	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	9	16	7	0	0	0
	0			21			1			2			34			0			3			32			0
Miscellaneous	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	15	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
	8			0			0			5			2			0			17			3			0

Table 3: Number of Articles Listed in Index of Articles on Jewish Studies

Area	Vol. 5 (1970)			Vol. 50 (2000)
	Hebrew	English	Other	Hebrew	English	Other
The Bible	167	225	238	115	546	363
Geography and archeology of the Land of Israel	81	79	33	108	282	12
History of the Jewish people: general	13	13	16
History of the Jewish people in the Biblicalperiod	25	21	21	11	49	26
History of the Jewish people from the SecondTemple until the modern period	11	3	3	28	310	295
Anti-Semitism	11	42	38
The Holocaust	18	5	14
History of the Land of Israel	53	27	31	56	103	47
Zionism	15	14	8
History of the State of Israel	87	125	65	22	19	3
Rabbinic literature	67	15	9	70	63	18
Halakha and Jewish law	84	19	6	73	37	4
Liturgy and prayer	53	8	4	25	13	3
Jewish philosophy: general	42	61	20	76	184	183
Jewish philosophy in the middle ages	9	37	20	18	23	11
Jewish philosophy in the modern period	169	12	2	151	34	19
Medieval Hebrew literature	5	6	1	13	9	2
Modern Hebrew literature	169	12	2	151	34	19
Yiddish literature	6	0	15	9	8	19
Literature in other Jewish languages	2	2	8
Jewish literature in other languages	1	5	6	4	71	71
Jews and Judaism in world literature				1	25	21
The Hebrew language	80	42	33	98	59	16
The Yiddish language	1	0	8	10	2	12
The Judeo-Spanish language	0	1	7
Other Jewish languages	2	2	1
Jewish and Israeli art	9	14	8	43	59	27
Jewish and Israeli music	9	4	1	25	25	1
Jewish and Israeli theater				0	8	1
Jewish and Israeli films				7	27	8
Jewish folklore	20	8	5	2	6	1
Jewish demography	8	15	5
Israeli society				149	106	18

Table 4: Number of Publications Cited in The Oxford Handbook of Jewish Studies

Abbreviations

• I: Israel
• E: English-speaking countries (United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand)
• O: other countries

Area	Chapter	Country of the Author	Hebrew			English			Other
			~1960	1961~80	1981~	~1960	1961~80	1981~	~1960	1961~80	1981~
General	1: The Nature of Jewish Studies	E	0	0	0	0	1	11	0	0	1
			0			12			1
The Bible	2: Biblical Studies and Jewish Studies	E	1	1	7	1	7	51	0	0	0
			9			59			0
	4: The Literature of the Second Temple Period	E	1	0	0	7	8	67	3	2	2
			1			82			7
	27: Bible Interpretation	E	2	3	9	7	11	32	3	2	3
			14			50			8
History of the Jewish people in the period ofthe Second Temple, Mishna and Talmud	3: Jews and Judaism in the Second TemplePeriod	E	0	0	0	8	13	63	2	1	2
			0			84			5
	5: Historiography on the Jews in the 'TalmudicPeriod': 70-640 CE	E	8	0	4	9	25	61	5	0	2
			12			95			7
History of the Jewish people in the middleages	7: The Narratives of Medieval Jewish History	I	6	0	3	2	2	15	0	1	0
			9			19			1
	8: Medieval Jewry in Christendom	I	4	6	58	3	16	124	1	13	29
			68			143			43
	9: Medieval Jewry in the World of Islam	E	2	1	10	19	19	51	3	0	3
			13			89			6
	13: Sephardi and Middle Eastern Jewries since1492	E	3	10	19	19	53	258	6	3	13
			32			330			22
	14: European Jewry in the Early Modern Period:1492-1750	E	4	0	4	5	11	39	1	0	3
			8			55			4
History of the Jewish people in the modernperiod	15: Western and Central European Jewry in the Modern Period: 1750-1933	E	0	0	2	0	7	119	0	0	11
			2			126			11
	16: Eastern European Jewry in the ModernPeriod: 1750-1939	E	4	3	4	6	18	37	23	3	1
			11			61			27
Anti-Semitism	37: Anti-Semitism Studies	O	0	0	0	0	1	18	0	2	22
			0			19			24
The Holocaust	17: The Holocaust	E/I	0	1	0	3	31	156	6	22	97
			1			190			121
History of the State of Israel	18: Settlement and State in Eretz Israel	I	0	3	15	8	18	63	0	0	0
			18			89			0
Rabbinic literature	6: Classical Rabbinic Literature	E	6	7	4	8	15	53	7	2	15
			17			76			24
	10: Rabbinic Literature in the Middle Ages:1000-1492	I	6	12	54	2	8	10	0	0	0
			72			20			0
Halakha and Jewish law	26: Halacha and Law	E	31	21	56	12	43	93	20	1	4
			108			148			25
Liturgy and prayer	29: Jewish Liturgy and Jewish Scholarship:Method and Cosmology	E	2	9	9	5	9	32	3	0	0
			20			46			3
Jewish philosophy: general	30: Jewish Philosophy and Theology	E/I	1	1	0	5	7	17	4	1	2
			2			29			7
Jewish philosophy in the middle ages	12: Medieval Karaism	I	4	4	20	14	2	47	2	2	1
			28			63			5
	28: Mysticism	E	1	4	4	5	9	61	2	0	3
			9			75			5
Medieval Hebrew literature	11: The Study of Hebrew Literature of theMiddle Ages: Major Trends and Goals	I	21	26	42	19	16	35	17	0	2
			89			70			19
Modern Hebrew literature	21: Modern Hebrew Literature	E	7	7	19	0	0	26	0	0	0
			33			26			0
The Hebrew language	20: The Hebrew Language	I	2	2	4	3	2	13	3	2	15
			8			18			20
Yiddish literature and language	22: Yiddish Studies	E	0	0	10	0	1	192	1	3	38
			10			193			42
Judeo-Spanish literature and language	23: Judaeo-Spanish Studies	I	3	5	16	5	4	31	3	15	28
			24			40			46
Literature in other Jewish languages	25: Other Diaspora Jewish Literatures since1492	E	0	0	0	11	17	51	6	2	12
			0			79			20
Other Jewish languages	24: Judaoe-Arabic and Judaoe-Persian	E	0	2	12	6	11	38	4	9	7
			14			55			20
Jewish and Israeli art	33: Art, Architecture, and Archaeology	I	2	4	5	15	15	62	2	0	0
Archeology of the Land of Israel			11			92			2
Jewish and Israeli music	34: Music	E	0	0	0	2	1	20	3	2	3
			0			23			8
Jewish and Israeli theater	35: Jewish Theater	I	21	31	64	4	12	36	28	8	2
			116			52			38
Jewish and Israeli films	36: Jewish and Israeli Film Studies	I	(Titles of seemingly Hebrew publications are written only in English.)
Jewish folklore	38: Jewish Folklore and Ethnography	I	1	0	0	4	11	37	1	1	0
			1			52			2
Contemporary Jewry: general	39: Modern Jewish Society and Sociology	I	2	0	2	19	24	73	2	0	0
			4			116			2
Jewish demography	32: Demography	I	0	0	1	6	7	14	5	0	1
			1			27			6
North American Jewry	19: American Jewish History	E	0	0	0	17	16	40	0	0	0
			0			73			0
Miscellaneous	31: Jewish Women's Studies	(unknown)	0	0	9	6	12	107	6	0	2
			9			125			8

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