[Heb-NACO] ALA/LC romanization(?) for Aramic as used in Babylonian Talmud, Talmud Yerushalmi, midrashitc texts

[Shinohara, Jasmin]

Excellent question, Heidi! I know of no codified Aramaic romanization table. I, too, have applied the Hebrew standards for Aramaic terms as needed. The question is whether or not there is sufficient justification to consider Aramaic its own discrete language requiring its own standard. I'm not sure there is, but perhaps others think otherwise?

As to the list of resources you list below, I'd shy away from Sefaria as a romanization reference source simply because, as an open-source resource, I don't know how reliable/stable the vocalizations found there might be.

Thanks for bringing this up, Jasmin

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Dear safranim, Is it possible that in our years of developing romanization schemata for several Jewish languages written in Hebrew script we have not codified any guidelines for Aramaic used in talmudic and midrashic/aggadic/cabalistic texts?
Dear safranim,

Is it possible that in our years of developing romanization schemata for several Jewish languages written in Hebrew script we have not codified any guidelines for Aramaic used in talmudic and midrashic/aggadic/cabalistic  texts?

Up until now my practice has been to follow the ALA/LC table for Hebrew. If I don't find a particular Aramaic word in  Even-Shoshan or Alkalay, i turn to Jastrow,  Sefaria, Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon (covers all dialects).

What have the rest of you been doing? Should a preferred  method be codified?

I look forward to learning your practices have been.

Best, Heidi




Heidi G. Lerner

Metadata Librarian for Hebraica and Judaica Emerita, Stanford University Libraries


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