Dr. Alvin I. Schiff gives us a comprehensive and readable study of the Hebrew language from its beginning. He describes the emergence of modern Hebrew and shows how it is an old-new language. The mystical quality of the relationship between the Hebrew language and the Jewish people is explored in this skillfully organized and carefully documented book, which provides a sound understanding and appreciation of the language which is a live link to the Jewish past and a force for Jewish continuity and unity. It should be of interest not only to Jewish teachers and rabbis, but to all who care about a vital Jewish future in America.
