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Ghil'ad Zuckermann & Gitit Holzman Let my People Know : Towards a Revolution in the Teaching of the Hebrew Bible Acquiring knowledge of the Hebrew Bible and comprehension of the language are major aims of the Israeli education system . Yet for most students , it fails on both counts . This article proposes that these failures are closely connected : both are rooted in an erroneous linkage between Biblical Hebrew and the language spoken in modern Israel . Modern Hebrew - or more appropriatel y : "Israeli " -is a hybrid of Hebrew , Yiddish and other languages . Its grammar is distinct from that of Hebrew , and it has been the mother tongue of most Israeli-born Jews for about a hundred years . There is a fundamental difference between the acquisition and usage of mother tongues and those of any other language . Since Biblical Hebrew is a foreign language for modern Israelis , it ought to be taught as such . Israeli should be acknowledged as a legitimate , distinct tongue . Boaz Tsabar Bet...
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