Bible Quote by James John Courtenay

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

— Angel Sáenz-Badillos

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

— Angel Sáenz-Badillos

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

— Angel Sáenz-Badillos

“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 human authors and editors of the Old Testament brought their own experiences and presuppositions to the task of writing. We don’t often think…

— Adam Hamilton

“To return to the linguistic analogy, those who are fluent in Scripture are both able and desirous to preach on every nook and cranny…

— Brent A. Strawn

“The formation of a unified standard (biblical) text probably also involved the elimination of terms and structures that were too archaic to be understood…

— Angel Sáenz-Badillos

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

— Amos Oz

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

“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

“what of the Old Testament? This was written in Hebrew except for portions of the Book of Daniel and the Book of Ezra which…

— Chaim Bentorah

“The Bible of Jesus of Nazareth, for instance, was Semitic, the earliest utterances and traditions of the Gospel were Semitic.”

— James John Courtenay