简介：ThiscollectionofthoughtfulandinterestingstudiesbeganasasymposiumheldattheUniversityofTorontoinMarch1991,where,accordingtotheeditor’spreface,severalofthepaperswerepresented.Theprefatorymaterialisfollowedbyninepaperswhich,usingthesomewhatwryheadingof"deathandtaxes"asatakeoffpoint,illuminateawidevarietyoftopicsoverawidegeographicalandchronologicalrange.Thestudiesdealwithaspectrumofculturalremains,encompassingtexts,art,archaeologicalandarchitecturalmaterials;theyrangeinapproachfromvery"down-to-

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简介：COMERS/ICOGCommunications2.Groningen,theNetherlands:StyxPublications,1999.ISBN90-5693-032-X.PP.x,174.HfI.110.ThisworkisafestschriftinhonorofHJWDrijvers,thewell-knownstudentoftheSyriacNearEastandbiographerofBardaisan.Itssixteenessaysconcentrate,appropriately,onSyriacliterature.Eachessayhasfootnotesandanindividualbibliography.Sectionsandsubsectionsarenumbered.Thefirstessay,'ReconstructionofYiddishColloquialinWinschoten,'byWoutJack.vanBekkumisanexception.ItdealsbroadlywithhowJewsinEuropeacquiredandusedlocalver...