Mandaic in Jewish Babylonian Aramaic Lexicography - Some Observations

The comparative lexicography of Jewish Babylonian Aramaic had depended greatly upon Drower and Macuch's Mandaic Dictionary published in 1963. However, the work contains numerous inaccuracies in readings and interpretations, as well as several omissions of lexical materials available to the authors. Subsequent discoveries have expanded the scope of the available sources. This article presents additions and corrections to the Mandaic materials presented in the first edition of Michael Sokoloff's Dictionary of Jewish Babylonian Aramaic.