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This chapter examines some of the assumptions that are typically employed when dealing with the development of the Hebrew Bible. The first part of the chapter is a critique of the very term "Jewish Bible." It points out some of the... more
This succinct and accessible resource will help students of biblical languages gain a better appreciation and understanding of the rules, functions, and terminology of English grammar. Useful for beginners, intermediate, and advanced... more
Hebrew philologists disagree on how to describe the biblical Hebrew verbal system. We especially disagree about the difference in meaning between the main verb forms: yiqtol and qatal, wayyiqtol, weyiqtol, weqatal: is it tense, taxis,... more
An enormous amount of research and the synthesization of historical events and archaeological artifacts has led the author to verify Israelite residence in Egypt from 1876–1446 BC. This research is connected to the unexpected discovery of... more
For about 150 years, scholars have attempted to identify the language of the world’s first alphabetic script, and to translate some of the inscriptions that use it. Until now, their attempts have accomplished little more than identifying... more
In his objective study of the texts, Maurice Bucaille clears' away many preconceived ideas about the Old Testament, the Gospels and the Quran. He tries, in this collection of Writings, to separate what belongs to Revelation from what is... more
A first-year resource to guide introductory Hebrew courses, A MODERN GRAMMAR FOR BIBLICAL HEBREW is a complete revision of Duane Garrett's previous textbook A MODERN GRAMMAR FOR CLASSICAL HEBREW. Written with the student in mind, this new... more
(A d'var Torah based on a talk by Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, the 7th Lubavitcher Rebbe)
People are kind and loving to each other in the Book of Ruth. So God blesses everyone. The Book of Ruth is pivotal in our human evolution, as discussed in the forthcoming Red Line of Hope. This is an appendix for that book; it is a... more
Supported by the modern European Zionist movement, the Bezelel Academy of Art, Jerusalem, was founded in 1906 by Lithuanian artist and Zionist Boris Schatz. In the early years of the academy, work produced by students exhibited the... more
This paper offers a critical analysis of Rabbinic sources concerning the the history of Loshon HaQodesh. The paper first attempts to define the language known as "Loshon HaQodesh" and then trace its origins through Midrashic and Talmudic... more
Im Folgenden wird der Hauptwortschatz des hebräischen Alten Testaments (TANACH) und aus der Mischna alle Traktate der 1. Ordnung (Berakhoth, Pea, Demai, Kilayim, Scheebi‘it, Trumot, Ma‘aserot, Ma‘aserot Scheni, Challah, Orla und... more
The purpose of the present article is the contrastive analysis of the semantic aspect of the lexemes דָםּ (dam), krew and blood, respectively in biblical Hebrew, Polish, and English. Apart from its fundamental meaning referring to the... more
Arabisch en Hebreeuws zijn verschillende schriften van dezelfde taal. Dit is de taal van Adam. De taal van de mens, Adamiet. In de afgelopen eeuwen heeft God de mensen niet geleid om te kijken hoe wij het vandaag de dag zouden doen.... more
The dual curriculum model ubiquitous to Orthodox Jewish day schools in North America typically bifurcates into religious (Judaic) studies and general studies. While most classes generally fit into one of those two halves of the... more
This article discusses the style of Rabbi Chaim Yosef David Azulai (Ha-Ḥida) in the introductions he wrote to other authors’ books. In these introductions Ha-Ḥida refrained from using his own words and expressed his thoughts by embedding... more
מרבית המחקרים המנתחים את זיכרון הנאציזם בחברות הגרמניות שקמו לאחר מלחמת העולם השנייה טוענים שגרמנים רבים הדגישו את סבלם שלהם במלחמה כאסטרטגיה שנועדה להסתיר את השותפות הפסיבית או האקטיבית של האוכלוסייה הגרמנית לרדיפת היהודים. מאמר זה טוען... more
This study is concerned with the properties, structural representation and derivational patterns of deverbal nouns (DNs) in Modern Hebrew. A recurring question arises in the context of such 'hybrid' formations: precisely how similar or... more
In the first half of the 16th century in Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth the reception of Hebrew studies took place. It happened by personal contacts of magnates and church dignitaries with the West-European Hebrew experts, through Jewish... more
A review of the origins and meanings of the various names of Shavuot, including Chag HaShavuot, Chag HaKatzir, Yom HaBikkurim and Zman Matan Torateinu.
Der folgende Wortschatz bezieht sich primär auf den TANACH, doch wird allgemein auch dargelegt, wie die betroffenen Begriffe im Neuhebräischen gebraucht werden. Grundsätzlich wird der Wortschatz der hebräischen Mosestora und der Großen... more
This workbook of Biblical Hebrew is tailored to the specific form of Biblical Hebrew teaching as it has long been cultivated at the Protestant Faculty of Theology of the Charles University in Prague (four-week intensive language course... more
This paper attempts to make plain the principles of Creole and Hybridized languages, so that further research may be conducted to investigate linguistic phenomena such as phono-semantic matching, relexification and morpho-phonological... more
Published in "Devotions from the Hebrew Bible: 54 Reflections to Inspire and Instruct" (Zondervan)
סיכום הספר "שבעה הרגלים של אנשים אפקטיביים" לקריאה בחינם תוך 15 דקות.