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'''Alexander Beider''' is a Russian-born Jewish scholar specialized in the field of Jewish onomastics and linguistics.
'''Alexander Beider''' is a scholar specialized in the field of Jewish onomastics and Yiddish linguistics.


==Biography==
==Biography==
He was born in [[Moscow]] in 1963.
Beider was born in [[Moscow]] in 1963. Since 1990, he lives with his family in Paris, France.


==Main Works==
In 1986 he graduated from the Moscow Physico-Technical Institute and in 1989 he received a PhD in Applied Mathematics from the same institution.


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* Beider, A. & Morse, S. P. 2008. Beider-Morse Phonetic Matching: An Alternative to Soundex with
He started to work on the etymology and geographic distribution of Jewish surnames in 1986. His books dealing with surnames include:

A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from the Russian Empire (1993)
Jewish Surnames in Prague (15th-18th centuries) (1995)
A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from the Kingdom of Poland (1996) ["Best Judaica Reference Book" award for 1996]
A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from Galicia (2004)

His work A Dictionary of Ashkenazic Given Names (2001) deals with traditional Yiddish first names. His papers on Jewish onomastics, methodological principles of search of etymologies of surnames, and the history of Yiddish have been published by scholarly journals in US, France, Israel, Poland, and Russia. He lectures frequently at Jewish genealogical conferences and at scholarly symposiums on Jewish topics. In 2000, he received his PhD in Jewish studies, from Sorbonne.

Since 1990, Dr. Beider lives with his family in Paris, France.

==Jewish Onomastics==
* Beider, A. To appear. Etymology of Sephardic Surnames: Achievements and Perspectives.
* Beider, A. 2009. Handbook of Ashkenazic Given Names and Their Variants. Teaneck, NJ: Avotaynu.
* Beider, A. 2008. Names and Naming. In G. D. Hundert (ed.), The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe. New Haven: Yale University Press.
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* Beider, A. & Morse, S. P. 2008. Beider-Morse Phonetic Matching: An Alternative to Soundex with Fewer False Hits. Avotaynu: The International Review of Jewish Genealogy 24/2: 12-18.
* Beider, A. 2007. Some Issues in Ashkenazic Name Searches. Avotaynu: The International Review of Jewish Genealogy 23/1: 3-13.
* Beider, A. 2005. Two Approaches in Jewish Onomastics: Books by Menk and the Guggenheimers. Avotaynu: The International Review of Jewish Genealogy 22/2: 35-41.
* Beider, A. 2005. A Scientific Approach to the Etymologies of Jewish Surnames. Avotaynu: The International Review of Jewish Genealogy 21/1: 9-12, 37-45.
* Beider, A. 2005. Scientific Approach to Etymology of Surnames. Names: A Journal of Onomastics 53: 79-126.
* Beider, A. 2005. Scientific Approach to Etymology of Surnames. Names: A Journal of Onomastics 53: 79-126.
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* Beider, A. 2004. The Birth of Yiddish and the Paradigm of the Rhenish Origin of Ashkenazic Jews. Revue des études juives 163/1-2: 193-244.
* Beider, A. 2004. A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from Galicia. Bergenfield, NJ: Avotaynu.
* Beider, A. 2004. A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from Galicia. Bergenfield, NJ: Avotaynu.
* Beider, A. 2003. Jewish Family Names. In P. Hanks (ed.), Dictionary of American Family Names. New York: Oxford University Press. LXXVI-LXXXI.
* Beider, A. 2001. A Dictionary of Ashkenazic Given Names: Their Origins, Structure, Pronunciation, and Migrations. Bergenfield, NJ: Avotaynu.
* Beider, A. 2001. A Dictionary of Ashkenazic Given Names: Their Origins, Structure, Pronunciation, and Migrations. Bergenfield, NJ: Avotaynu.
* Beider, A. 1996. A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from the Kingdom of Poland. Teaneck, NJ: Avotaynu.
* Beider, A. 1996. A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from the Kingdom of Poland. Teaneck, NJ: Avotaynu.
* Beider, A. 1995. Jewish Surnames from Prague (15th-18th centuries). Teaneck, NJ: Avotaynu.
* Beider, A. 1995. Jewish Surnames from Prague (15th-18th centuries). Teaneck, NJ: Avotaynu.
* Beider, A. 1993, 20082. A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from the Russian Empire. Teaneck, NJ: Avotaynu.
* Beider, A. 1993, 2008. A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from the Russian Empire. Teaneck, NJ: Avotaynu.


==History of Yiddish==

* Beider, A. 2010 (to appear). Unity of the Hebrew Component of Western and Eastern Yiddish. In: W. Moskovich (ed.). Czernowitz Conference, 2009.
* Beider, A. 2010 (to appear). Yiddish Protovowels and German Dialects. Journal of Germanic Linguistics.
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* Beider, A. 2004. The Birth of Yiddish and the Paradigm of the Rhenish Origin of Ashkenazic Jews. Revue des études juives 163/1-2: 193-244.
* Beider, A. 2001. A Dictionary of Ashkenazic Given Names: Their Origins, Structure, Pronunciation, and Migrations. Bergenfield, NJ: Avotaynu.


==External links==
==External links==


* http://www.jewish-languages.org/abeider.html
* [http://www.amazon.com/Alexander-Beider/e/B001JP811U Alexander Beider's books on Amazon]
* [http://www.avotaynu.com/catalog.htm Avotaynu]
* http://www.avotaynu.com/books/DJSRE2.htm
* http://www.avotaynu.com/books/dagn.htm
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* [http://stevemorse.org/phoneticinfo.htm Beider-Morse Phonetic Name Matching]
* http://www.avotaynu.com/beider.htm
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* http://stevemorse.org/phoneticinfo.htm Beider-Morse Phonetic Name Matching


[[Category: Onomastics]]
[[Category: Onomastics]]

Revision as of 19:38, 25 November 2009

Alexander Beider is a scholar specialized in the field of Jewish onomastics and Yiddish linguistics.

Biography

Beider was born in Moscow in 1963. Since 1990, he lives with his family in Paris, France.

Main Works

  • Beider, A. & Morse, S. P. 2008. Beider-Morse Phonetic Matching: An Alternative to Soundex with
  • Beider, A. 2005. Scientific Approach to Etymology of Surnames. Names: A Journal of Onomastics 53: 79-126.
  • Beider, A. 2004. The Birth of Yiddish and the Paradigm of the Rhenish Origin of Ashkenazic Jews. Revue des études juives 163/1-2: 193-244.
  • Beider, A. 2004. A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from Galicia. Bergenfield, NJ: Avotaynu.
  • Beider, A. 2001. A Dictionary of Ashkenazic Given Names: Their Origins, Structure, Pronunciation, and Migrations. Bergenfield, NJ: Avotaynu.
  • Beider, A. 1996. A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from the Kingdom of Poland. Teaneck, NJ: Avotaynu.
  • Beider, A. 1995. Jewish Surnames from Prague (15th-18th centuries). Teaneck, NJ: Avotaynu.
  • Beider, A. 1993, 2008. A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from the Russian Empire. Teaneck, NJ: Avotaynu.


External links

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