Hebrew The Eternal Language Author:William Chomsky Second Printing — "The extraordinary story of the Hebrew language is the subject of this book. Dr. Chomsky takes his readers on an intellectual journey from man's early attempts at communication, through the biblical and post-biblical literature, the Middle Ages, the 19th century Enlightenment and into the era of the return to Palestine. He raise... more »s such interesting questions as the language that Abraham spoke when he came into Canaan; the extent to which the language of, let us say, Isaiah's prophecies corresponded to the colloquial speech of his contemporaries; how the Hebrew alphabet influenced that of the western languages today; and many more aspects of literary and cultural history."« less