Resurrecting Hebrew
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This book traces the history of the resurrection of the Hebrew language, from the pioneering work of Eliezer Ben-Yehudah, who raised his son as the first native Hebrew-speaker in modern times, to modern Israel, where Hebrew is the spoken tongue of a nation-state.
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A very quick read, and enjoyable. Like much of Stavans' work, there's nearly as much memoir as there is history, but so long as you like Stavans' personality, this is not a bad thing. I would have liked more information on linguistics, but that's not this book; unfortunately, linguistics and linguistic anthropology coverage is a little thin on the ground. But Stavans is an engaging writer and this book is very accessible. A good read for Shabbat, if you keep it.
