So, I was researching modern Hebrew for my linguistics assignment..

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..and I came across this sentence in Wikipedia:

While many saw his work as fanciful or even blasphemous (due to the fact that Hebrew was the holy language of the Torah and therefore some thought that it should not be used to discuss common everyday matters) many soon understood the need for a common language

My only response to this is.. those people are complete idiots. If Hebrew was good enough for our ancestors 2000 years ago why can't we use it now? I don't see how they would be doing anyone any favours by making it a special language only to be used for discussing religion in. In fact, isn't that what happened to Latin? And look where that is now.

There is no greater sign of respect and honour than in using something for what it was originally intended to be used for. And the Hebrew language would still be largely dead today if those idiots had gotten their way.

Comments

[doctorer.livejournal.com]

Ah, actually Latin was exceedingly widespread as the universal language for discussion and exchange not only of ideas in religion but also science and the arts. This convention persisted right up to the 20th century. Latin is only popularly "dead" now because of the death of the Classical Education. The people exchanging new ideas are no longer educated with Latin at the centre, and no longer require it as a universal medium of commnunication.