[Heb-NACO] Sans clue

[Robert M. TALBOTT]

Thank you, Heidi.

This is probably going to be as good as it get, but let's see what Yossi's
professor has to say.



On Wed, Jul 6, 2016 at 10:16 AM, Heidi G Lerner <lerner at stanford.edu> wrote:

> Hi Bob,
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> I found a copy of his 1880 book Halikhot olam available on Hathi Trust.
> Here is  how his name appears in Russian on page 38 of the book and a
> transliteration from the Cyrillic:
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> Юфда Кокиовь
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> 0Юфда Кокиовь
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> I︠U︡fda Kokiovʹ
>
> So perhaps we could romanize his name from the Hebrew as:
> Yufudah.
>
> Just my 2 centsl
>
> best, Heidi
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> Heidi G. Lerner
>
> Metadata Librarian for Hebraica and Judaica
>
> Metadata Dept.
>
> Stanford University Libraries
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> Stanford, CA 94305-6004
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> ph: 650-725-9953
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> fax: 650-725-1120
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> e-mail: lerner at stanford.edu
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> *From:* Heb-naco <heb-naco-bounces at lists.osu.edu> on behalf of Robert M.
> TALBOTT <rtalbott at library.berkeley.edu>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, July 6, 2016 9:51 AM
> *To:* Hebrew Name Authority Funnel
> *Subject:* [Heb-NACO] Sans clue
>
> Hello folks:
>
> I've encountered a name that's got me checking places I don't normally
> check, and since I've drawn blanks, it's time to check with the group.
>
> Sefer Toldot hakhme ha-Kara'im is the book, and the author is IU. D.
> Kokizov.  On p. 9 his name is given as ha-rav Yehudah (??) ben ha-r.
> R. Kokhizov.
>
> ?? = יופודה
>
> Spelled out, that's yud-vav-feh-vav-dalet-heh.  Yufudah, Yofodah,
> Yufodah, Yofodeh, etc.; every single one of the vowels is
> questionable.  More, the feh may be a peh, or may simply be an error
> (given his geographic region and assuming the the name is a Yehudah
> derivative, a "g" might more likely since Russian likes to render
> foreign h's as g's (e.g., Kohen ----> Kagan, etc.)
> I checked in Beider on the off-chance that yud-vav-feh-vav-dalet-heh
> is derived from Yehudah, but drew blanks.
>
> For the record, Kokhizov was a Karaite who lived in Crimea and later
> Saint Petersberg, where he vanished in 1917.
>
> Please, if you have any notion of what the vocalization of this name
> might be, please let me know.
>
> Bob
> --
> Bob Talbott
>
> Principal cataloger/Hebraica cataloger
>
> UC Berkeley
>
> 250 Moffitt
>
> Berkeley, CA 94720
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Bob Talbott

Principal cataloger/Hebraica cataloger

UC Berkeley

250 Moffitt

Berkeley, CA 94720

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