Day life Quote by Angel Sáenz-Badillos

“For the character of Aramaic between the Exile and the Christian era we are indebted more to inscriptions than other writings.”

— James John Courtenay

“Biblical Hebrew is not a language in the full sense of the word but merely a 'fragment of language'.”

— Angel Sáenz-Badillos

“Archaic Hebrew ... earliest inscriptions dating as far back as the close of the second millennium BCE.”

— Angel Sáenz-Badillos

“The Hebrew inscriptions are practically all pre-exilic, and do not shed much light on the language of Palestine after the Captivity.”

— James John Courtenay

“The Pharisees deliberately avoided the Late form of Biblical Hebrew (LBH), which is the language of the Bible written after the exile, presenting their…

— Angel Sáenz-Badillos

“The later writings of the Old Testament were composed in a degenerate type of Hebrew, often made more difficult by the introduction of archaic…

— James John Courtenay

“It is evident that at no period between the Exile and the Christian era was there one homogeneous language in Palestine. But during practically…

— James John Courtenay

“Hebrew ... linguistic development was far from uniform. Even though they share a number of common tendencies, a variety of Hebrew traditions is seen…

— Angel Sáenz-Badillos

“The geographical and historical facts of Hebrew place it within the Northwest Semitic group of languages.”

— Angel Sáenz-Badillos

Hebrew as a contemporary language, especially for poetry, is no longer the language of the Bible; but neither is it not the language of…

— Cynthia Ozick

The revival of Hebrew, as a spoken language, is a fascinating story, which I'm afraid I cannot squeeze into a few sentences. But, let…

— Amos Oz

“Archaic Hebrew ... no general agreement among scholars regarding this term.”

— Angel Sáenz-Badillos