“Assyrian more than Hebrew preserved the simplicity of the vowels, but in the matter of consonants was more akin to Phoenician and… — James John Courtenay Copy Share Image
We are not saved by feelings of sorrow over Jesus' death. We are saved when the Word of God 'pierces' our hearts… — R. L. Hymers, Jr Copy Share Image
“The Samaritans were conservative in the matter of script, preserving the Phoenician type after Judaea and Galilee had accepted the Aramaic character.” — James John Courtenay Copy Share Image
“But where Moabite differed from Hebrew the difference pointed to Phoenician on the one side and to Arabic on the other, rather… — James John Courtenay Copy Share Image
Until mankind heeds the message on the Hebrew trumpet blown, and the faith of the whole world's people is the faith that… — Israel Zangwill Copy Share Image
It was the craving to be a one and only people which impelled the ancient Hebrews to invent a one and only… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
My musical instrument is Hebrew and, to me, this is the most important fact about my writing. I write in words. I… — Amos Oz Copy Share Image
He was the editor of our paper. He created the publishing house in Hebrew. He was - I wouldn't say the "guru"… — Shimon Peres Copy Share Image
“The Zenjirli inscriptions supply far more suggestive criteria, and show how cautious we must be in coming to conclusions respecting the unity… — James John Courtenay Copy Share Image
“A dreidel is a four-sided top with a Hebrew letter on each side. The letters are Nun, Gimmel, Hay and Shin, which… — Norma Simon Copy Share Image
One of God's central qualities is compassion, a word that in Hebrew is related to the word for "womb." Not only is… — Marcus Borg 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
What happens when you speak colloquial Hebrew is you switch between registers all the time. So in a typical sentence, three words… — Etgar Keret Copy Share Image
“Grandpa Sereno: "There is nothing as dangerous as fear, fear of people who are different than you. Fear is the REAL danger… — Rabbi Sipporah Joseph 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
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
'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
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
By the reduction of the Arabs on the one hand and Jewish immigration in the transition period on the other, we will… — Moshe Sharett 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
“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
My own interest is far more in the Hebrew Bible. My religion is more personally related to the Hebrew Bible than it… — Frank Moore Cross 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
In fact, the ultimate speculation we can make about the nature of Divinity is that Divinity is NO-THING which we can know.… — Donald Michael Kraig 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
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
“Aramaic spoken in 500 B.C. from Babylon in the north to Assuan in the south of Egypt was identical with what has… — James John Courtenay Copy Share Image
Judaism has always been a strong interest of mine. My two sons speak Hebrew and are familiar with the scriptures and with… — Herman Wouk Copy Share Image
My two sons speak Hebrew, and are familiar with the scriptures and with rabbinic literature. This is the way we live. — Herman Wouk Copy Share Image
“The Phoenician extends from the v cent B.C. to i cent. B.C ... The Aramaic extends from the viii cent. B.C. to… — James John Courtenay Copy Share Image
I'm not a religious person; I'm more of a spiritual person, so I follow the rules of the Bible that coordinate with… — Amar'e Stoudemire Copy Share Image
Christianity and Judaism are united above all in their common affirmation and implementation of the moral teaching of the Hebrew Bible, or… — David Novak Copy Share Image
“Only 8000 different words appear in the Hebrew Bible, compared to the 20,000 or more that the average adult needs to know… — Robert Lane Greene Copy Share Image
In addition to English, at least one ancient language, probably Greek or Hebrew, and two modern languages would be required. — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
'Open Door' was a world music project and bilingual. It was in Hebrew and English, and it's great. I do think it's… — India Arie Copy Share Image
“Various attempts have been made, with differing degrees of success, to reconstruct pre-exilic Hebrew, including its morphology.” — Angel Sáenz-Badillos Copy Share Image
I have been aware since my youth that I am a Hebrew through my mother, and that is something that has played… — Amar'e Stoudemire Copy Share Image
The Hebrew Bible has long been the world's possession, and those who come to it by any means, through whatever language, are… — Cynthia Ozick Copy Share Image
The piety of the Hebrew prophets purges their grossness. The circumcision is an example of the power of poetry to raise the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
