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024 7 _a10.1515/9781400884780
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035 _a(DE-B1597)9781400884780
035 _a(DE-B1597)479665
035 _a(OCoLC)965708239
035 _a(OCoLC)984643855
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082 0 4 _a492.4/09
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084 _aonline - DeGruyter
100 1 _aGlinert, Lewis
_eautore
245 1 4 _aThe Story of Hebrew /
_cLewis Glinert.
264 1 _aPrinceton, NJ :
_bPrinceton University Press,
_c[2017]
264 4 _c©2017
300 _a1 online resource :
_b34 line illus. 2 tables.
336 _atext
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338 _aonline resource
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490 0 _aLibrary of Jewish Ideas ;
_v10
505 0 0 _tFrontmatter --
_tContents --
_tList of Figures --
_tIntroduction --
_t1. "Let There Be Hebrew" --
_t2. Jerusalem, Athens, and Rome --
_t3. Saving the Bible and Its Hebrew --
_t4. The Sephardic Classical Age --
_t5. Medieval Ashkenaz and Italy: Sciences, Sonnets, and the Sacred --
_t6. Hebrew in the Christian Imagination, I: Medieval Designs --
_t7. Hebrew in the Christian Imagination, II: From Kabbalists to Colonials --
_t8. Can These Bones Live? Hebrew at the Dawn of Modernity --
_t9. The Hebrew State --
_tEpilogue --
_tAcknowledgments --
_tNotes --
_tFurther Reading --
_tIndex
520 _aA unique history of the Hebrew language from biblical times to the modern Jewish stateThis book explores the extraordinary hold that Hebrew has had on Jews and Christians, who have invested it with a symbolic power far beyond that of any other language in history. Preserved by the Jews across two millennia, Hebrew endured long after it ceased to be a mother tongue, resulting in one of the most intense textual cultures ever known. It was a bridge to Greek and Arab science. It unlocked the biblical sources for Jerome and the Reformation. Kabbalists and humanists sought philosophical truth in it, and Colonial Americans used it to shape their own Israelite political identity. Today, it is the first language of millions of Israelis.The Story of Hebrew takes readers from the opening verses of Genesis-which seemingly describe the creation of Hebrew itself-to the reincarnation of Hebrew as the everyday language of the Jewish state. Lewis Glinert explains the uses and meanings of Hebrew in ancient Israel and its role as a medium for wisdom and prayer. He describes the early rabbis' preservation of Hebrew following the Babylonian exile, the challenges posed by Arabic, and the prolific use of Hebrew in Diaspora art, spirituality, and science. Glinert looks at the conflicted relationship Christians had with Hebrew from the Renaissance to the Counter-Reformation, the language's fatal rivalry with Yiddish, the dreamers and schemers that made modern Hebrew a reality, and how a lost pre-Holocaust textual ethos is being renewed today by Orthodox Jews.A major work of scholarship, The Story of Hebrew is an unforgettable account of what one language has meant to those possessing it.
530 _aIssued also in print.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)
650 0 _aHebrew language - Usage.
650 0 _aHebrew language
_xHistory.
650 0 _aHebrew language
_xRevival.
650 0 _aHebrew language
_xUsage.
650 7 _aRELIGION / Judaism / History.
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