“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 Judaism Copy Share Image
“... before the tenth century Hebrew writing, like Phoenician, was purely consonantal, and it was halfway though the ninth century BCE, under… — Angel Sáenz-Badillos Writing Copy Share Image
“The formation of a unified standard (biblical) text probably also involved the elimination of terms and structures that were too archaic to… — Angel Sáenz-Badillos Bible Copy Share Image
“The number of vowel phonemes varies according to the different Masoretic traditions.” — Angel Sáenz-Badillos Copy Share Image
“Over a quarter of the words in the Bible appear just once, and of these no less than 289 belong to roots… — Angel Sáenz-Badillos Bible Copy Share Image
“The language of archaic biblical poetry has obvious connexions with the poetry of the Canaanite north.” — Angel Sáenz-Badillos Poetry Copy Share Image
“Phoenician writing is a continuation of the Proto-Canaanite system, and from these developed the Palaeo-Hebrew script (c. 800 BCE) and the Aramaic… — Angel Sáenz-Badillos Judaism Copy Share Image
“The prevailing hypothesis continues to be that the Palestinian tradition is earlier than the Tiberian, although, under the influence of the latter,… — Angel Sáenz-Badillos Copy Share Image
“Expressions used almost exclusively in poetry ... tend to be concentrated in the oldest biblical texts. Generally, it may be said that… — Angel Sáenz-Badillos Bible Copy Share Image
“... Ugarit ... in contrast to later Canaanite languages, there is no article.” — Angel Sáenz-Badillos Copy Share Image
“The nature of the data we possess suggests we value each and every tradition rather than creating a dichotomy between the normative… — Angel Sáenz-Badillos Culture Copy Share Image
“According to Paul Kahle's well-known thesis, the Masoretic, especially the Tiberian, system of punctuation is not simply a representation of how Hebrew… — Angel Sáenz-Badillos 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 Time Copy Share Image
“Sumerian substratum is obvious not only in the use of a cuneiform system of writing, but also in the weakness of Laryngeal… — Angel Sáenz-Badillos Writing Copy Share Image
“The Proto-Semitic phonological system contains perhaps twenty-nine consonantal phonemes, which despite certain modifications have been conserved with great fidelity in languages like… — Angel Sáenz-Badillos Copy Share Image
“The earliest Hebrew texts that have reached us date from the end of the second millennium BCE.” — Angel Sáenz-Badillos Judaism Copy Share Image
“The Tiberian system became more and more dominant until it completely ousted its Palestino-Tiberian counterpart around the middle of the fourteenth century.” — Angel Sáenz-Badillos Copy Share Image
“H. Bauer ... was already arguing that some elements of Hebrew, such as the consecutive tenses, had a close relationship with Akkadian.” — Angel Sáenz-Badillos Close relationship Copy Share Image
“Phonologically, the langauge of Qumran represents a period of transition and fluctuation, during which, as is true of other texts from this… — Angel Sáenz-Badillos Copy Share Image
“Palestino-Tiberian tradition ... Ashkenazi opted for it, although they also introduced significant modifications.” — Angel Sáenz-Badillos Copy Share Image
“The exile marks the disappearance of this language (i.e., Biblical Hebrew) from everyday life and its subsequent use for literary and liturgical… — Angel Sáenz-Badillos Day life Copy Share Image
“According to some scholars, after 1400 BCE ... Ya'udic and Aramaic separated from ... Canaanite group.” — Angel Sáenz-Badillos Copy Share Image
“The geographical and historical facts of Hebrew place it within the Northwest Semitic group of languages.” — Angel Sáenz-Badillos History Copy Share Image
“The name Hamito-Semitic, derived from the Bible, is deliberately vague.” — Angel Sáenz-Badillos Bible Copy Share Image
“Archaic Hebrew ... earliest inscriptions dating as far back as the close of the second millennium BCE.” — Angel Sáenz-Badillos Copy Share Image
