{"product_id":"the-biblical-foundations-of-modern-hebrew","title":"The Biblical Foundations of Modern Hebrew (Hebrew)","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhy do Hebrew-speaking teenagers struggle to read verses from Numbers, the visions of Isaiah or the Book of Lamentations, let alone Job? How does the tangled, fascinating relationship between biblical Hebrew and today's Hebrew work? How did the language of a religious text become a language shared by secular and religious, veterans and newcomers, Jews and Arabs in 21st-century Israel? And how did biblical Hebrew supply the core vocabulary of Zionism, the IDF and the modern economy, and even of Israeli slang?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on in-depth research but written for the general reader, linguist Ruvik Rosenthal explains the mechanisms behind a revival unique in the history of the world's languages: an ancient tongue, preserved in a single book, that returned to life as a language of speech, society and culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the Hebrew edition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ruvik Rosenthal","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54336789709110,"sku":null,"price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0993\/2092\/2422\/files\/i239712.96375.jpg?v=1785312574","url":"https:\/\/www.gefenpublishing.com\/products\/the-biblical-foundations-of-modern-hebrew","provider":"Gefen Publishing House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}