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A social history of Hebrew : its origins through the Rabbinic period / William M. Schniedewind.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Schniedewind, William M., author.
- Series:
- Anchor Yale Bible reference library.
- The Anchor Yale Bible Reference Library
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hebrew language, Post-Biblical.
- Hebrew language--History.
- Hebrew language.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (278 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Distribution:
- London : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), 2025.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Yale University Press, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- text file rdaft
- Summary:
- Considering classical Hebrew from the standpoint of a writing system as opposed to vernacular speech, Schniedewind demonstrates how the Israelites' long history of migration, war exile, and other momentous events is reflected in Hebrew's linguistic evolution.
- Contents:
- Language, land, and people: toward the history of classical Hebrew
- The origins of Hebrew: in search of the holy tongue
- Early Hebrew writing
- Linguistic nationalism and the emergence of Hebrew
- The democratization of Hebrew
- Hebrew in exile
- Hebrew under imperialism
- Hebrew in the Hellenistic world
- The end and the beginning of Hebrew.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-300-28825-5
- 0-300-19910-4
- OCLC:
- 862931456
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