A Social History of Hebrew: Its Origins Through the Rabbinic Period

by William M. Schniedewind

More than simply a method of communication shared by a common people, the Hebrew language was always an integral part of the Jewish cultural system and, as such, tightly interwoven into the lives of the prophets, poets, scribes, and priests who used it. In this unique social history, William Schniedewind examines classical Hebrew from its origins in the second millennium BCE until the Rabbinic period, when the principles of Judaism as we know it today...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300176686
• ISBN13: 9780300176681
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 10.1"