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New life for Old Testament language; Demand for Hebrew is fueled by archeology and desire to explore Bible's roots.(Features)(Learning)(Lifelong Learning)
The Christian Science Monitor
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August 10, 1999|
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Learning Hebrew is not as tedious as James Madison was led to believe.
As a freshman at the College of New Jersey (later Princeton University) in 1769, the soon-to-be Founding Father was told that mastery of ancient languages, such as Latin and Greek, was critical. However, unless he planned on becoming a minister, he could take a pass on Hebrew, as it had become "unhappily unpopular" with students.
About two centuries later, many mainline seminaries came around to the same conclusion - and started bumping the original language of the Old Testament off ...
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