10440 History of the Hebrew Language I: Classical Hebrew

Credits: 3 intermediate credits in Hebrew Language

Prerequisites: none

Authors: Menahem Zevi Kaddari, Rivka Yarkoni, Elisha Qimron, Shimon Sharvit

The course is the first part of a series of three, whose aim is to survey various phases in the development of the Hebrew language since its beginning in the second millennium BCE. Classical Hebrew deals with early phases, i.e., Biblical and Mishnaic Hebrew. It discusses various linguistic aspects: lexical, morphological and syntactic. The other two parts of the series deal with Medieval and Modern Hebrew.1

Topics: Introduction; Biblical language; Hebrew of the Second Temple period; Language of the Sages.

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1These parts are described separately.