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Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Finalist for the 2017 National Jewish Book Award in History (Gerrard and Ella Berman Memorial Award)" "One of CHOICE's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2017" Lewis Glinert is Professor of Hebrew Studies at Dartmouth College, where he is also affiliated with the Program in Linguistics. His books include The Grammar of Modern Hebrew and The Joys of Hebrew.
A unique history of the Hebrew language from biblical times to the modern Jewish state
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Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"In 1885, few Jews in Israel used the holy language of their ancestors, and Hebrew was in danger of being lost--until Ben Zion and his father got involved. Through the help of his father and a community of children, Ben modernized the ancient language, creating a lexicon of new, modern words to bring Hebrew back into common usage ... [This book offers] a linguistic journey about how language develops and how one person's perseverance can make a real...