Books Quote by Isaac Bashevis Singer

Almost every modern literary form existed in Hebrew two thousand years ago. And, yes, it existed even during the middle ages.

— Amos Oz

I have trouble reading modern Hebrew. In the 1950s, I could read anything. I don't know how much experience you've had with contemporary Hebrew.…

— Noam Chomsky

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

“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

“Some scholars have argued that the Persian period was one of the most productive for Hebrew literature. During these two centuries, earlier Israelite literature…

— Lester L. Grabbe

The classic literature is always modern.

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

“When historians and literary scholars talk about the classical heritage, or the legacy to Western civilization from antiquity, they are primarily thinking of four…

— Norman F. Cantor

I think there are one or two things similar in Elizabethan English and contemporary Hebrew. This is not to say that every one of…

— Amos Oz

“In its ruggedness Hebrew seems an older language than Arabic, but some Arabic forms are certainly older than the corresponding Hebrew.”

— James John Courtenay

The history of the Jews has been written overwhelmingly by scholars of texts - understandably given the formative nature of the Bible and the…

— Simon Schama

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

— Angel Sáenz-Badillos