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Article: The Dictionary of Classical Hebrew, vol. 1, Aleph.
- Article from:
- The Journal of the American Oriental Society
- Article date:
- April 1, 1996
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This is the first volume of a projected eight-volume dictionary devoted to all the known classical Hebrew texts from the emergence of the language down to about A.D. 200, the time of the codification of the Mishna. It thus includes all the biblical Hebrew writings, Ben Sira, published Qumran Hebrew texts, and Hebrew inscriptions of that period. It does not include the Mishna, rabbinic writings, medieval, or modern texts. It is a project that will grow with its publication - with more Qumran Hebrew texts as they are published, with the discovery of new inscriptions, and with the experience of the editors. By the appearance of the eighth volume, the first will probably need ...