Encyclopedia - Mishnah: Encyclopedia - Mishnah
The Mishnah (Hebrew משנה, "repetition") is a major source of rabbinic Judaism's religious texts. It is the first recording of the ora...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Biblical Hebrew Language: Encyclopedia - Biblical Hebrew Language
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Encyclopedia - Ge-hinnom: Encyclopedia - Ge-hinnom
Ge-Hinnom is the name of the valley to the south and south-west of Jerusalem (Josh. 15:8, 18:16; Neh. 11:30; II Kings 23:10; II Chronicle...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tosefta: Encyclopedia - Tosefta
The Tosefta is a second compilation of oral law from the period of the Mishnah. In many ways, the Tosefta acts as a supplement to the Mis...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yemenite Hebrew Language: Encyclopedia - Yemenite Hebrew Language
The Yemenite Hebrew language or Temani Hebrew language is a descendant of Biblical Hebrew traditionally used by Yemenite Jews. It is beli...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish Languages: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish Languages - Background
The oldest and most treasured books of the Jewish people have been the Torah and Tanakh (i.e. the Hebrew Bible) written almost entirely i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John Name: Encyclopedia Ii - John Name - John
The name John derives through Jewish and Christian tradition ultimately from the Biblical Hebrew name יוחנן Yôḥānān, short for ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Biblical Hebrew Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Biblical Hebrew Language - Historical Sound Changes
As Biblical Hebrew (BH) evolved from Proto-Semitic (PS) it underwent a number of mergers[1],[2]: PS */ð/ and */z/ merged as BH /z/ PS *...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tosefta: Encyclopedia Ii - Tosefta - Non-orthodox Scholars
However, recent scholarship, especially by Professor Judith Hauptman reveals that the Tosefta draws on source material earlier than the l...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mutually Intelligible Languages: Encyclopedia Ii - Mutually Intelligible Languages - Selected List Of Mutually Intelligible Languages
Mutually intelligible languages - Written and spoken forms. Germanic Afrikaans, Dutch,and Low German (Plattdutsch).In some places a ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John Name: Encyclopedia Ii - John Name - John
The name John derives through Jewish and Christian tradition ultimately from the Biblical Hebrew name יוחנן Yôḥānān, short for ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mishnah: Encyclopedia Ii - Mishnah - Historical Study
Both the Mishnah and Talmud contain little serious biographical studies of the people discussed therein, and the same tractate will confl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mutually Intelligible Languages: Encyclopedia Ii - Mutually Intelligible Languages - Asymmetry
Asymmetries often exist in the natural mutual intelligibility between languages. For example, in the case of speakers of Spanish and Port...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John Name: Encyclopedia Ii - John Name - Jon / Jonathan
The name Jon can be either a variation of John (as, e.g., in Sweden) or a shortening of the etymologically distinct name Jonathan, which ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mutually Intelligible Languages: Encyclopedia Ii - Mutually Intelligible Languages - Intelligibility
For individuals to achieve moderate proficiency or understanding in a language (called L2) other than their mother tongue or first langua...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish Languages: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish Languages - Contemporary Trends
This broad picture was substantially modified by major historical shifts beginning in the late nineteenth century. The immigration of mil...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mishnah: Encyclopedia Ii - Mishnah - The Writing Of The Mishnah
According to Jewish Law, the Written Law must be transmitted from a written source, and the Oral Law orally. Therefore, it was forbidden ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mishnah: Encyclopedia Ii - Mishnah - Relation Between The Hebrew Bible And The Mishnah
Rabbinical Judaism holds that the Five Books of Moses called the (Written) Torah have always been transmitted in parallel with an oral tr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mishnah: Encyclopedia Ii - Mishnah - The Structure Of The Mishnah
The Mishnah consists of six orders (sedarim). This explains the traditional name for the Talmud as Shas, which is an abbreviation of shis...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mishnah: Encyclopedia Ii - Mishnah - Oral Traditions And Pronunciation
The Mishnah was and still is traditionally studied through recitation (out loud). Many medieval manuscripts of the Mishnah are vowelized,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Biblical Hebrew Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Biblical Hebrew Language - Phonology
The phonology as reconstructed for Biblical Hebrew is as follows (from Lambdin, with modifications): Biblical Hebrew had a vowel system b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John Name: Encyclopedia Ii - John Name - Jon / Jonathan
The name Jon can be either a variation of John (as, e.g., in Sweden) or a shortening of the etymologically distinct name Jonathan, which ...   » Read the article