TY - JOUR
T1 - The Biblical Connection
T2 - A Socio-Linguistic Problem of Modern Hebrew to English Translation - A Matter of Interest to Jewish Educators
AU - Tobin, Yishai
PY - 1981/9/1
Y1 - 1981/9/1
N2 - Current Theories of Moral Education: If one were to attempt to compare the relationship between modern Hebrew spoken in Israel today to the so-called classical language of the Bible and modern English to its equivalent historical counterpart, the closest (and still not the most accurate) analogy would have to be: Modern Hebrew: Biblical Hebrew is like Modern English: Shakespearian English. In reality, however, the language of Shakespeare is much further removed from contemporary English speakers than the language of the Bible is from speakers of modern Hebrew.
AB - Current Theories of Moral Education: If one were to attempt to compare the relationship between modern Hebrew spoken in Israel today to the so-called classical language of the Bible and modern English to its equivalent historical counterpart, the closest (and still not the most accurate) analogy would have to be: Modern Hebrew: Biblical Hebrew is like Modern English: Shakespearian English. In reality, however, the language of Shakespeare is much further removed from contemporary English speakers than the language of the Bible is from speakers of modern Hebrew.
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U2 - 10.1080/15244118108547828
DO - 10.1080/15244118108547828
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84952515611
SN - 1524-4113
VL - 49
SP - 40
EP - 41
JO - Journal of Jewish Education
JF - Journal of Jewish Education
IS - 3
ER -