“The Cyprus inscription "Ba'al Lebanon" dates from the viii cent. B.C. and is the oldest specimen of Phoenician writing down.” — James John Courtenay Copy Share Image
“According to Bauer, the oldest form of the Semitic verb is the imperfect, which does not indicate 'subjective' or 'objective' time but… — Angel Sáenz-Badillos Copy Share Image
Writing in modern Hebrew is a bit like playing chamber music inside a huge, empty cathedral. If you are not very careful… — Amos Oz Copy Share Image
I think that, in Hebrew, it's like the language creates a more unique and specific universe even before the story. — Etgar Keret Copy Share Image
The logical man must either deny all miracles or none, and our American Indian myths and hero stories are perhaps, in themselves,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
You should do what we do, stack chips like *Hebrews* Don't let the melody intrigue you (uh-uh) Cause I leave you, I'm… — Jadakiss Copy Share Image
From the 3rd century onwards, orthodox Christianity, based on a Hebrew story and worshipping the Jew Jesus, also led many campaigns of… — Ivor Grattan-Guinness Copy Share Image
“Assyrian and Aramaic had long separate histories before the time of Nebuchadrezzar. But evidence shows that these languages came into contact with… — James John Courtenay Copy Share Image
“Hebrew ... belongs to the Canaanite group of languages ... this means that when the Israelite tribes settled in Canaan they adopted… — Angel Sáenz-Badillos Copy Share Image
Scholars of the Hebrew bible define something they call wisdom literature and I would say clearly the poetry of wisdom is something… — Edward Hirsch Copy Share Image
“Not only does every Hebrew word have its own definition, but every Hebrew letter, within the word, has its own meaning. God… — Michael Ben Zehabe Copy Share Image
The Hebrew word, the word timshel - 'Thou mayest' - that gives a choice. It might be the most important word in… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“In morphology, the (synchronic) study of the compatibility of consonants within Semitic triconsonantal root ... has been conducted with great precision in… — Angel Sáenz-Badillos Copy Share Image
Let us awake to a sense of the perilous state of many professing Christians. 'Without holiness no man shall see the Lord';… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Everybody wants to have sex - you don't have to have a baby when you're 16. You don't have to do drugs.… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
I was bar mitzvahed, which was hard. I feel it was the hardest thing I ever had to do; harder than making… — Clara Mamet Copy Share Image
“Palmyrene and Nabataean dialects, which use an Aramaic script ... in the opinion of some experts might really be dialects of Arabic.” — Angel Sáenz-Badillos Copy Share Image
Hebrew is my first language, so it's really the most personal and the most simple. When I write in Hebrew, I don't… — Yael Naim Copy Share Image
Slavs, Latin, and Hebrew immigrants are human weeds ... a deadweight of human waste. Blacks, soldiers, and Jews are a menace to… — Margaret Sanger Copy Share Image
“When Aramaeans became Christians, their name was often confounded with 'heathen', hence they called their land by the Greek name 'Syria', themselves… — James John Courtenay Copy Share Image
[My father was ] Presbyterian [minister]. But I did not take the Bible seriously until I was forced to take Hebrew at… — Hershel Shanks Copy Share Image
I love a Hebrew National hot dog with an ice-cold Corona - no lime. If the phone rings, I won't answer until… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
We offer peace and neighborliness to all the neighboring states and their peoples, and invite them to cooperate with the independent Hebrew… — David Ben-Gurion Copy Share Image
The Hebrew Bible defines Judaism. It's certainly true that the Talmudic interpretations become authoritative and normative, but they are interpretations of the… — Frank Moore Cross Copy Share Image
I cried to my mother that I wanted to go to Hebrew school; I wanted Jewish friends. But when my mother took… — Caroline Leavitt Copy Share Image
Our society is illuminated by the spiritual insights of the Hebrew prophets. America and Israel have a common love of human freedom,… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
I have trouble reading modern Hebrew. In the 1950s, I could read anything. I don't know how much experience you've had with… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
When you come to the New Testament you can't even swing a cat without hitting three demons and two spirits. And magic… — Frank Moore Cross Copy Share Image
Live on the divine Eucharist, like the Hebrews did on the Manna. Your soul can be entirely dedicated to the divine Eucharist… — Peter Julian Eymard Copy Share Image
I have one. I may get another during the off-season, I might get my son's name but I'm not sure yet. The… — Adam Pally Copy Share Image
One of the stranger things about me is that I was raised as an Orthodox Jew. I went to a yeshiva until… — Dani Shapiro Copy Share Image
The essence of the Hebrew Bible, transmitted by Christianity, is separation: between life and death, nature and God, good and evil, man… — Dennis Prager Copy Share Image
“We Jews created the concept of good luck. Luck in Hebrew is mazel, which is not actually a word. It is an… — Celso Cukierkorn Copy Share Image
Rest in the Lord; wait patiently for Him. In Hebrew, "Be silent in God, and let Him mould thee." Keep still, and… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“In Hebrew and Aramaic the vowels have undergone vast modifications, whilst in Arabic they have retained to a large extent their primitive… — James John Courtenay Copy Share Image
“the Nabataeans were real Arabs .. there is substantial agreement of Biblical Aramaic with Nabataean, both in words and construction.” — John Courtenay James Copy Share Image
“The likeness of Palmyrene to Biblical Aramaic are quite pronounced, and show that the two forms are essentially one.” — James John Courtenay Copy Share Image
“It is evident that at no period between the Exile and the Christian era was there one homogeneous language in Palestine. But… — James John Courtenay Copy Share Image
“... before the first millennium BCE one cannot speak of a contrast between Canaanite and Aramaic, but rather a group of languages… — Angel Sáenz-Badillos Copy Share Image
Hope fills the afflicted soul with such inward joy and consolation, that it can laugh while tears are in the eye, sigh… — William Gurnall Copy Share Image
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