Linguistics

Do All Human Languages Derive From A Single Source?

Some paleolinguists have floated the idea of an original human language they call “Proto-Sapiens.” Is that what our ancestors were speaking when they built the Tower of Babel?

Philologos

Oct. 21 2020 12:01AM

Are Biblical Hebrew and Modern Hebrew the Same Language, or Two Different Ones?

What separates language from language, and language from dialect.

Philologos

Feb. 5 2020 12:01AM

The Theory That Ashkenazi Jews Are Descended from Khazars Is Junk Science

History, genetics, and linguistics agree.

Alexander Beider

Sept. 26 2017 12:01AM

What's Next for Biblical Studies

Source criticism has failed, and a systemic bias pervades academic biblical studies. But computational linguistics promises to open up the Bible in new and reliable ways.

Joshua Berman

Aug. 2 2017 12:01AM