Description
Book SynopsisExamines Jewish surnames in Romanian-speaking lands from the sixteenth century until 1944, exploring how the names reflect Jews' interactions with their surroundings. Uses onomastic methodology to substantiate and complement historical research.
Trade Review“Historical Implications of Jewish Surnames in the Old Kingdom of Romania represents an important contribution to the domains of onomastics and history. On the one hand, with scholarly rigor, the author analyzes Jewish Romanian–based and Romanianized surnames. On the other hand, the book is an exemplary study illustrating how onomastics can be used as a major tool to study the social history of a population group.”
—Alexander Beider,author of A Dictionary of Ashkenazic Given Names: Their Origins, Structure, Pronunciation, and Migrations
“Historical Implications of Jewish Surnames in the Old Kingdom of Romania is an innovative and original contribution to the study of Romanian Jewry based on the study of surnames. In his research, Avram has achieved a very successful combination of different disciplines, showing full mastery of very diverse sources.”
—Raphael Vago,author of Anti-Semitism in Romania, 1989–1992
“This book introduces the methodology of onomastics not only in order to comprehend the characteristics of the collected names but also to learn about historical processes in a certain territory. By doing so, certain theses about the history of the Jews are refuted, and professional and social characteristics and migration routes are uncovered. This is an innovative approach, and the findings are illuminating. Avram presents a complex and multi-faceted historical picture of the history of Romanian Jewry.”
—Dan Michman,author of Holocaust Historiography: A Jewish Perspective
“This book is recommended mostly for scholars who want to learn about names and the connections for Jews in Romania. Those who want to understand the linguistic and semantic features in Romanian family names will find it an interesting read.”
—Daniel D. Stuhlman Association of Jewish Libraries Reviews
