Talk:Marcus Jastrow

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[edit] Greek is minimal?

It is written in the article: "In the preface to this work, Jastrow sharply criticized those linguistic and etymological scholars who claimed that obscure terms in Talmudic literature are primarily derived from Greek. Jastrow held that Greek influence on Talmudic Aramaic was minimal, and that most obscure terms could be much more simply be traced to Hebrew origins"

Does anyone who has utilized "The Jastrow" find this ironic, as the vast majority of his dictionary's entries contain Greek. I'm serious; is this something that merits inclusion in the article? Valley2city 05:32, 23 November 2007 (UTC)