The Great Sources with Rabbi Shnayor Burton

S1, E45 Hebrew, Greek, and the 70 Languages


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Perception shapes language – how we think influences how we talk.

Accordingly, Chazal considered Hebrew and Greek antithetical; the "Holy Tongue" is a verb-centered language and reflects a dynamic world of Godly action, while the “Beauty of Yefes” is focused on the visual and reflects a static world of objects in space. 


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The Great Sources with Rabbi Shnayor BurtonBy Rabbi Shnayor Burton

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