Homophony in Multilingual Jewish Cultures
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: One of the distinctive features of multilingual Jewish cultures is the interpretation of a sacred Hebrew signifier by its phonic identity or proximity to a signifier in another language. This essay demonstrates the cultural creativity that might inhere in such “mistakes,” providing examples from three different periods—rabbinic, Hebrew-Yiddish European culture, and modern Israeli Hebrew.
DOI: 10.82940/819a-sn23
Author: Greenwald, Roy
Institution: Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Language: English
Topic: Language and Culture
Subfield: Linguistics and Language
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W3042344672