Moshe Rachmuth

Moshe Rachmuth

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Dr. Moshe Rachmuth is Assistant Professor of Modern Hebrew at Portland State University. He holds an M.A. in Religious Studies from Tel Aviv University, and a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from University of Oregon, with a dissertation titled The Speculative Ethics of Modern Comedic Work: Mark Twain, Italo Svevo, Charlie Chaplin and Lenny Bruce.

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Classical versus Late Biblical Hebrew: Two Statistical Case Studies

Classical versus Late Biblical Hebrew: Two Statistical Case Studies

Is “kingdom” in Biblical Hebrew, מַמְלָכָה mamlakha or מַלְכוּת malkhut? How does the Bible express that something is prohibited? Many linguistic scholars posit that it depends on the dialect, CBH or LBH. Does statistical analysis support this conclusion?