Judah A. Joffe
Lexicographer, Deceased Person
1873 – 1966
Who was Judah A. Joffe?
Judah Achilles Joffe was a Yiddish philologist.
Among Joffe's noted works is his 1949 critical edition of the Bovo-Bukh, the most popular chivalric romance in the Yiddish language. He was also a co-editor, with Yudel Mark, of the Great Dictionary of the Yiddish Language. In addition, he researched the Slavic component in Yiddish, published musicological work about Russian composers, translated Yiddish, English, and French, and proposed regularized spelling for Yiddish. Joffe was a co-founder of the American branch of YIVO, and active in its linguistics section together with other scholars of Yiddish including Max Weinreich and Shmuel Niger.
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- Born
- 1873
- Also known as
- Yehudah Yofe
- Judah Archilles Joffe
- Profession
- Died
- 1966
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on July 23, 2013
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