Mishnaic Hebrew
Proper noun
Meaning
Mishnaic Hebrew
The Hebrew language as used from the second to the tenth century in the Common Era, descended from Biblical Hebrew.
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Often referred to as the Hebrew of the Dead Sea Scrolls or Qumran Hebrew, and positioned chronologically between Biblical Hebrew and Mishnaic Hebrew, its nature remains disputed.
Most of the Bible is written in the literary dialect, whereas Mishnaic Hebrew is the colloquial dialect now raised to literary status.
The dialect of all these works is very similar to Mishnaic Hebrew.