A History of the Hebrew Language (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521556347)

A History of the Hebrew Language is a comprehensive description of Hebrew from its Semitic origins and the earliest settlement of the Israelite tribes in Canaan to the present day. Professor S enz-Badillos sets Hebrew in the context of the Northwest Semitic languages and examines the origins of Hebrew and its earliest manifestations in ancient Biblical poetry, inscriptions, and prose written before the Babylonian exile. He looks at the different medieval traditions of pointing classical Biblical Hebrew texts and the characteristic features of the post-exilic language, including the Hebrew of the Dead Sea Scrolls. He gives particular attention to Rabbinic and medieval Hebrew, especially as evidenced in writings from Spain. His survey concludes with the revival of the language in this century in the form of Israeli Hebrew.

Author: Angel S疇nz-Badillos
ISBN-10: 0521556341
ISBN-13: 9780521556347
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 01/25/1996
Pages: 384
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 9.01h x 6.04w x 0.88d