HISTORY BEHIND HEBREW COMMUNITY
Hebrew History Major Periods Biblical or Classical • Until 3rd century BC • Most of the Old Testament is written
Medieval • 6th - 13th century AD • Borrows Greek, Spanish, Arabic words and from other languages
Mishnaic or Rabbinic • Language of the Mishna: collection of Jewish traditions • Mishnaic Hebrew spoken Rabbinic Hebrew written • 200 AD - 6th century AD Haskala and Modern • Europe (1770-1880) • Language of Israel (1886 present)
Revival of Hebrew • • • •
Based on biblical language
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Syntax based on that of the Mishna
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Written from right to left in a Semitic script of 22 letters
Innovations to meet modern needs Only colloquial speech based on a written language Pronunciation based on Sepharadic (HispanoPortuguese) Jews rather than Ashkenazi (East European) Jews Use of word three-consonants roots with vowels and other consonants added k.t.v yields kotev (writes)
Language policy of Israel TODAY
OFFICIAL LANGUAGES
HEBREW
ARABIC
Semi-Official ENGLISH
Multilingualism in Israel
Israel is a complex, multilingual, multicultural society ! A linguists Heaven!!!
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