| An Introductory Grammar of Rabbinic Hebrew Contributor(s): Pérez Fernández, Miguel (Author), Elwolde, John F. (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004109048 ISBN-13: 9789004109049 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $80.75 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Language: Hebrew Published: March 1999 Annotation: In Greek and Roman Palestine we find a Hebrew dialect that had existed alongside the literary language of Biblical Hebrew but had followed its own pattern of development. After the destruction of the Temple, the rabbis elevated this dialect to the status of a literary language, 'Rabbinic Hebrew', and employed it in the composition of the Mishnah, Tosefta, and halakhic "midrashim. This volume is a practical grammar of Rabbinic Hebrew that brings M.H. Segal's 1927 grammar up to date by incorporating the results of recent investigations in this field. It also adds a clearly pedagogic perspective, with vocabulary and exercises in every unit, and introduces readers to the thinking of the Sages of Israel (each unit commences with a text that bears on a theological, historical, literary, or methodological topic). |
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| BISAC Categories: - Foreign Language Study | Hebrew - Architecture | Interior Design - General - Religion |
| Dewey: 492.4 |
| Physical Information: 0.87" H x 6.37" W x 9.46" (1.13 lbs) 352 pages |
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| Publisher Description: In Greek and Roman Palestine we find a Hebrew dialect that had existed alongside the literary language of Biblical Hebrew but had followed its own pattern of development. After the destruction of the Temple, the rabbis elevated this dialect to the status of a literary language, 'Rabbinic Hebrew', and employed it in the composition of the Mishnah, Tosefta, and halakhic midrashim. This volume is a practical grammar of Rabbinic Hebrew that brings M.H. Segal's 1927 grammar up to date by incorporating the results of recent investigations in this field. It also adds a clearly pedagogic perspective, with vocabulary and exercises in every unit, and introduces readers to the thinking of the Sages of Israel (each unit commences with a text that bears on a theological, historical, literary, or methodological topic). |