Apparently Jastrow's dictionary, though still standard, is in dire need of a
reprint, if
only to repair a number of typos and bad typesetting. I was wondering if you
knew
about Frank's dictionary or if you could find out about it for me.
Thanx,
"If there are many wisemen in a city, this means that the city will soon
fall."
Babylonian proverb
>mishna dictionaries arn't that many.
>jastrow in english and levy in german will be mentioned by others on the
>list.
>they are quite good but not based on best manuscripts.
>qosovsky has a nice concordance, 4 vol., which would serve as a mishna
>dictionary, but it is all hebrew.
>the hebrew language academy has put together everything on a nice
>electronic data base. grouping all pre-talmudic mishnaic texts together. in
>the mid-80s this was only sold on microfiche. but it is all hebrew.
>likewise, even-shoshan's multivolume work is nice with different periods of
>the whole history marked, but all hebrew. so ...