"This book explores how Jews, and some Christians, understood the meaning of 'Israel' up to the Talmudic period, and the implications of those understandings for Jewish identity and self-definition represented by the various documents discussed. In its two accounts in Genesis of…
Ancient peoples regarded names as indicative of character and destiny. The Jews were no exception. All Jews descended from Jacob, who was given the name Israel. The Bible seemed to explain this name as having to do with struggle. But generations following the Bible found in Isra…
Ancient peoples regarded names as indicative of character and destiny. The Jews were no exception. All Jews descended from Jacob, who was given the name Israel. The Bible seemed to explain this name as having to do with struggle. But generations following the Bible found in Isra…
An historical treatment of the development of American English covering such subjects as pronunciation and spelling, slang, proper names, and common speech.-TX362.
Presents a comprehensive study on the development of American English written to clarify the differences and discrepancies between British and American English.