2016 - 2017

0690-1400-01
  The History of the Hebrew Language                                                                   
FACULTY OF HUMANITIES
Prof. Chaim CohenWebb - School of Languages001Sun1400-1600 Sem  1
 
 
University credit hours:  2.0

Course description
The History of the Hebrew Language
This course surveys the Hebrew language over its various periods from its earliest days to the present. The different faces of the Hebrew tongue over the annals of its history are presented – from the biblical era, through the period of the Second Temple (the grammar of Mishnaic Hebrew, the Talmuds and the Judean Desert Scrolls), Hebrew Piyyut and poetry, Hebrew in the shadow of Arabic, the grammar of early and late Rabbinic literature, the grammar of the Enlightenment and the language of the new Hebrew literature. The survey ultimately reaches contemporary Hebrew and sheds light on the wondrous phenomenon of the rebirth of the Hebrew tongue in spoken word as part of the Zionist endeavor and the transformation of Hebrew into a live and modern language used for all aspects of life, spoken these days by over five million people.

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