Glossary for Quicksilver (A4113785)

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Non-English and jargon terms

chol = sand = profane (e.g., weekdays instead of shabbat)
daf = page
EJ = Encyclopedia Judaica
kaspit = hydrargyrum, symbol = Hg
lex talionis = the approach for law, or retributive justice, of "an eye for an eye"
mercantilism = [from economic history]
Scylla and Charybdis
shabbat = from Friday sundown to Saturday nightfall
Talmud = the Babylonian Talmud
yom = day, yomi = daily

Neologisms

commendiary (cp. commentary, diary, common diary) (zero google hits, so "original"?)
hermercurial (cp. hermeneutics, Hermes) (zero google hits; so original?)
mercuriosity (not original)

Rabbinic literature codes
m = Mishnah
t = Tosefta
b = Babylonian Talmud
y = Jerusalem Talmud (aka Palestinian or Land of Israel Talmud)

Abbreviations for talmudic documents (examples)
AZ = Avodah Zarah (i.e., idolatry)
Shab = Shabbat
Sanh = Sanhedrin (court of law)

Therefore, bAZ = Avodah Zarah tractate of Babylonian Talmud


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