Posts tagged with "Ancient Hebrew"

Another Excellent Post on Ancient Hebrew by John Hobbins

John Hobbins has written another excellent post on Ancient Hebrew entitled “Biblical Terms for the Language of the Land of Judah.”  Many people  refer to the language of the Hebrew Bible in a variety of ways; however, this post looks at how the language is referred to in the Biblical texts themselves.  He then takes the references from the Biblical texts and explains what these references mean in a bit more detail.

John Hobbins' Plea for a Broad Definition of Ancient Hebrew

For those interested in learning about “Biblical” Hebrew, though not necessarily in learning the language, check out John Hobbins’ recent post concerning Ancient Hebrew.  Since the post is called a plea it goes without saying that not everyone would agree with all of the information found therein.  However, it is a helpful overview for the interested lay person as well as containing helpful reminders for the more advanced scholar, e.g. this one: “For these reasons, the phonology, morphology, syntax, and prosody of ancient Hebrew is, in varying degrees, a matter of reconstruction.”