Not Just a Holy Tongue

From: Jerusalem Post | Date: April 10, 1998| Author: Sraya Shapiro | Copyright information


Jerusalem Post

04-10-1998

Hebrew was a political issue in Zionism, even before Zionism became a real political force in Jewish life. Did the revival of the Hebrew language as a vernacular of daily life precede, or follow, the resurgence of Jewish national consciousness?

Examining the issue with academic pedantry, linguist Shlomo Karmi concludes that language and nationalism helped advance one another in equal measure. In Am Ehad veSafa Ahat (“One People, O...

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