Some 97% of the world’s Jews once spoke Arabic. 1,000 years ago to be a Jew religiously was to be an Arab linguistically. For some 500 years the greatest minds in Judaism thought and wrote in Arabic. Maimonides’ wrote his philosophical magnum opus in Arabic. Beginning in the 10th century, … Read more >>
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Arabic as a Jewish Language
About Professor Rabbi Davis
Professor Rabbi Michael Davis was a seminary professor in Chicago for 13 years. His main area of instruction was the Hebrew language. Rabbi Davis … Read more >>
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Arabic as a Jewish Language Judaism was definitively formed under the influence of Arabic. There would be no Maimonides, no L’kha Dodi or Adon Olam … Read more >>
