Everyone talks about learning Spanish, or Greek or Latin, but would i gain more considering the state of the world by learning Hebrew instead? I used to know the Hebrew alphabet by heart as a kid but its mostly escaped me now. Its for college mainly.
Modern Hebrew is a disgusting retarded pidgin. You should only learn Hebrew if you really want to read the Old Testament in the original (a noble goal, it is very beautiful). Other minor and deuterocanonical texts from the period exist but most people wrote and spoke Aramaic. After 70 AD, the Mishnah is in Hebrew, but a lot of the layers of the Talmud and its related texts are still in Aramaic or other non-Hebrew languages. You get a revival of Hebrew in the Middle Ages. So unless you are very interested in post-Second Temple Judaism, or modern Israeli revived Hebrew, you will mostly be reading the OT and a small few deuterocanonical works. Personally the last thing I would ever want to do is talk to a modern Israeli.
Oh yeah it's a great ideaYou should study it for the Hebrew Bible and all of that wonderful Rabbinic literature
>>24820230The old testament is the basis for all western Civ, the ten commandments are posted everywhere and seeped into our morality. If you can you should learn in the OG.
>>24820266I just want to be able to read political declarations and texts between the lines. To get to the core of their modern motivations in the West Bank.
>>24820230Definitely a contender for nicest script
>>24820266>to read the Old TestamentOr dive into the kabbalah literature weeds. The use case is that narrow. Microdick lexicon. Otherwise:>Modern Hebrew is a disgusting retarded pidgin.
>>24820230I'm a Jewish convert and a student of ancient languages. I would not suggest Hebrew over Greek or Latin. I enjoy Semitic languages, but Greek will do far more to expand your horizons.
>>24820266>You should only learn Hebrew if you really want to read the Old Testament in the originalThe first OT, according to the letter of Aristeas, was written by Greeks.
There is no "ancient" Hebrew. There was Aramaic, and before that Canaanite. It's historical revisionism to write in Hebrew as if it were old. It's just a ripoff of Aramaic.
Would it help you charge Israel with war crimes? There has to be evidence in modern hebrew.
>>24820358fucking lold
