Modern Hebrew
Subtitle: the past and future of a revitalized language
Publisher: McFarland & Co.; McFarland & Company; McFarland
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Jefferson, NC
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780786494927
Table of contents: title: Note to the Reader; title: Preface; title: 1. Hebrew in American Popular Culture; title: 2. The Magnificent Heritage of Hebrew; title: 3. Modern Hebrew's Inspirational Example; title: 4. The Three-Thousand-Year-Old Treasury; title: 5. How Hebrew Became a Modern Language; title: 6. Do the Israelis Speak Hebrew or Israeli?; title: 7. The Worldwide Rivalry with Yiddish; title: 8. Negation of the Golah (Exile) and Hebraic Identity of a New Nation; title: 9. Baltic Rebirth and the Zionist Staging Ground for a Jewish State; title: 10. The First Modern Hebrew Textbooks Set in Palestine; title: 11. The Soviet Persecution of Hebrew; title: 12. Arab-Israeli Use of Hebrew; title: 13. From Jewish State Toward a Hebrew Republic?; title: 14. Slang and Profanity in Spoken Hebrew; title: 15. The Current Assault on Hebrew at Home; title: 16. Outlook for Hebrew Education in the United States and the United Kingdom; title: Epilogue; title: Chapter Notes; title: Bibliography