Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Introduction -- A. Biblical Hebrew -- 1 The Qal Passive Participle of Geminate Verbs in Biblical Hebrew -- 2. יריריה - וה׳ אהבז: The morphology and meaning of the word ידיד -- 3. The Bible Interpreting Itself -- 4. Gesenius' Thesaurus and Mishnaic Hebrew Studies -- 5 : איש יהודי היה בשושך הבידה When did יהודי Come to Denote 'Jew'? -- 6. Biblical Language in Mishnaic Texts -- 7. זצזמד אל יכבד לבד :Regarding One Sentence from the Letter to Pelatyahu -- 8. The verse שמע ישדאל ('Hear, O Israel') in Greek transcription on an ancient amulet -- B. Qumran Hebrew -- 9. A Few Remarks on Mishnaic Hebrew and Aramaic in Qumran Hebrew -- 10. On Several Linguistic Features of Qumran Hebrew -- 11. Qumran Hebrew Between Biblical and Mishnaic Hebrews: A Morphological Study -- 12. Mistaken Repetitions or Double Readings? -- 13. Two Issues in Qumran Hebrew: Synchronic and Diachronic Perspectives -- 14. Grammatical and Lexicographic Notes on a Qumran Fragment (4Q374 ii) -- 15. כיון הצלמים / כיניי הצלמים -- 16. The Patterns Pe'ila and Pi"ul in Qumran Hebrew -- C. Mishnaic Hebrew and Aramaic -- 17. Mishnaic Hebrew: An Introductory Survey -- 18. The Study of Mishnaic Hebrew Grammar Based on Written Sources: Achievements, Problems, and Tasks -- 19. The Different Traditions of Mishnaic Hebrew -- 20. The System of binyanim in Mishnaic Hebrew (A Morphological Study) -- 21. The Formation of the Nif 'al III-yod Participle in Mishnaic Hebrew -- 22. Comments on the Morphology of Nouns in Mishnaic Hebrew: Nouns Attested and Unattested in Biblical Hebrew -- 23. Mishnaic Hebrew and Biblical Hebrew -- 24. On the Language of the Beit 'Amar Papyrus -- 25. From Oral Transmission to Written Transmission (Concerning the meaning of some orthographic forms in the manuscripts of the Mishnah and of Rabbinic Literature) -- Bibliography -- Indexes