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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826265303321

Autore

Schniedewind William M

Titolo

A social history of Hebrew : its origins through the Rabbinic period / / William M. Schniedewind

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Haven : , : Yale University Press, , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

0-300-19910-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (278 p.)

Collana

The Anchor Yale Bible reference library

Disciplina

492.4/09

Soggetti

Hebrew language - History

Hebrew language, Post-Biblical - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.