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The 21 pages that link to Hebrew language, each with the reason it gives.

• Dead Sea ScrollsRelated: Most scrolls are written in Hebrew, alongside substantial Aramaic and a smaller number of Greek texts.

• AramaicRelated: Its close relationship with Aramaic makes comparison useful for vocabulary and grammar.

• HaskalahRelated: Haskalah writers revived Hebrew as a medium for contemporary literature and debate.

• YiddishRelated: Hebrew supplied Yiddish with religious, cultural, and everyday vocabulary.

• IsraelitesRelated: Hebrew preserves linguistic traces of the societies that produced Israelite texts.

• Land of IsraelRelated: Hebrew names and texts preserve religious and historical vocabulary for the land.

• Hebrew University of JerusalemRelated: The university’s founders envisioned Hebrew as a language of modern scholarship and public life.

• Natalie PortmanRelated: Portman grew up speaking Hebrew as well as English.

• Jewish studiesRelated: Hebrew sources span biblical, rabbinic, medieval, and modern periods of Jewish history.

• Anna Maria van SchurmanRelated: Her study of Hebrew supported her biblical scholarship and reputation for linguistic mastery.

• Benjamin of TudelaRelated: Benjamin’s surviving account was written in Hebrew.

• Johann ReuchlinRelated: Reuchlin’s study of Hebrew underpinned his work on Jewish and biblical texts.

• Judah ha-NasiRelated: The Mishnah’s language reflects the literary world in which Judah’s compilation took shape.

• Debbie FriedmanRelated: Friedman paired Hebrew prayer texts with melodies that made them approachable to broad congregations.

• HaaretzRelated: Haaretz’s Hebrew edition is its original and primary-language publication.