Hebrew is this unique thing that you cannot translate to any other language. It has to do with its history. — Etgar Keret Copy Share Image
“By the affirmation of all scholars, Arabic is the most honourable language among all Semitic ones.” — Clemens Joseph David Copy Share Image
“Syriac ... was not a prominent element in the language of Palestine in pre-Christian times.” — James John Courtenay Copy Share Image
Here I am, a Palestinian Arab who only knows how to write in Hebrew, stuck in central Illinois. — Sayed Kashua Copy Share Image
When I write in Hebrew, I don't look for sophistication in music; it's just pure emotion that comes out. — Yael Naim Copy Share Image
I still live today with my mom sending me, you know, Hebrew Scriptures or phrases or celebrating. — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
“Archaic Hebrew ... no general agreement among scholars regarding this term.” — Angel Sáenz-Badillos Copy Share Image
“There have been various attempts to reconstruct the vocalization and pronunciation of classical biblical Hebrew, which certainly differs considerably from that established… — Angel Sáenz-Badillos Copy Share Image
Every Hebrew should look upon his Faith as a temple extending over every land to prove the immutability of God and the… — Grace Aguilar Copy Share Image
“In any Semitic study, Arabic is a most useful adjunct, inasmuch as it often indicates the true significance of words where the… — James John Courtenay Copy Share Image
'Walking the Bible' describes the year that I spent retracing the five books of Moses through the desert, and I was actually… — Bruce Feiler Copy Share Image
The republican model described in the Hebrew Scriptures reassured pious Americans that republicanism was a political system favored by God. — Daniel L Dreisbach Copy Share Image
All the various component parts of the Hebrew worship subserve this great purpose, the bringing of man into communication with God. — Samson Raphael Hirsch Copy Share Image
My father was a great sympathizer of Ahad Ha'am. Every Friday night we would read Hebrew together, and often the reading was… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“Life to me is a beautiful gift from from AdoShem that should not be wasted but shared with others. Including amazing revelations… — Rabbi Sipporah Joseph Copy Share Image
If we are to say no to covetousness, we must learn to say yes to contentment. This involves learning to be content… — Alistair Begg Copy Share Image
For 35 years, Frank Cross held one of the most prestigious chairs in academia: the Hancock Professor of Hebrew and Other Oriental… — Hershel Shanks Copy Share Image
Birth Control is not contraception indiscriminately and thoughtlessly practiced. It means the release and cultivation of the better racial elements in our… — Margaret Sanger Copy Share Image
I'm twelve years old. I run into a synagogue. I ask the rabbi the meaning of life. He tells me the meaning… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
Hebrew has a system of tenses, which is, in a big way, different from the English system of tenses, probably different than… — Amos Oz Copy Share Image
"You ought to be ashamed," a woman in an Easter bonnet told Stein. "Your race gave us our religion..." "From ancient polytheism,… — Peter De Vries Copy Share Image
I grew up pretty secular. I went to public school, and all the Jews that I knew, none of them were religious.… — Matisyahu Copy Share Image
Eugene Peterson points out that "the root meaning in Hebrew of salvation is to be broad, to become spacious, to enlarge. It… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
“Most Christians believe that Jesus IS God, that Jesus is the same jealous and angry God that abhorred homosexuals and condemned them… — David G. McAfee Copy Share Image
To know only one thing well is to have a barbaric mind: civilization implies the graceful relation of all varieties of experience… — Robert Graves Copy Share Image
Sirs, you are doubtlessly intelligent people, however, I have a problem understanding how you found a place in prophecy for those I… — Dave Hunt Copy Share Image
We find that alchemy has to do with magicians or magic and may even have roots in the Chaldean people who lived… — Fred Alan Wolf Copy Share Image
If only one country, for whatever reason, tolerates a Jewish family in it, that family will become the germ center for fresh… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
Flowers that are so pathetic in their beauty, frail as the clouds, and in their coloring as gorgeous as the heavens, had… — Thomas de Quincey Copy Share Image
The revival of Hebrew, as a spoken language, is a fascinating story, which I'm afraid I cannot squeeze into a few sentences.… — Amos Oz Copy Share Image
I believe in Islam. I am a Muslim and there is nothing wrong with being a Muslim, nothing wrong with the religion… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image