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Hebrew language: References & Edit History

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Type Description Contributor Date
Invalidated site: XULA Digital Commons - Hebrew Typography: A Modern Progression of Language Forms (PDF). Oct 01, 2026
Add new Web site: National Geographic - Hebrew wasn’t spoken for 2,000 years. Here’s how it was revived. Jun 04, 2026
Add new Web site: Jewish Virtual Library - Judaism: Hebrew. Mar 27, 2026
Add new Web site: XULA Digital Commons - Hebrew Typography: A Modern Progression of Language Forms (PDF). Jan 31, 2026
Add new Web site: Learn Religions - The Hebrew Language. Aug 29, 2025
Add new Web site: McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Language. May 21, 2025
Add new Web site: Georgetown University - Center for Jewish Civilization - Hebrew Language. Mar 29, 2025
Add new Web site: CORE - Hebrew in the Universities (PDF). Feb 15, 2025
Add new Web site: The YIVO Encycloepdia of Jews in Eastern Europe - Hebrew. Dec 04, 2023
Add new Web site: Ancient Hebrew Research Center - A Short History of the Hebrew Language. Oct 11, 2023
Add new Web site: PBS - NOVA - The Deadliest Plane Crash. May 09, 2023
Add new Web site: JewishEncyclopedia.com - Hebrew language. Jan 06, 2023
Add new Web site: h2g2 - Hebrew Bible. Aug 16, 2022
Added discussion of Modern Hebrew lexicography and expanded the discussion of the Hebrew alphabet. Dec 20, 2021
Corrected display issue. Oct 05, 2018
Add new Web site: ThoughtCo. - The Hebrew Language. Apr 06, 2018
Add new Web site: Omniglot - Hebrew. Nov 01, 2017
Add new Web site: The Catholic Encyclopedia - Hebrew Language and Literature. Mar 02, 2014
Media added. Oct 22, 2009
Added new Web site: Hebrew Language - History. Oct 16, 2008
Added new Web site: John H. Skilton - The Transmission of the Hebrew Text. Feb 07, 2007
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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