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