Editing Study of the Hebrew language (section)

==Jewish scholars of Hebrew==
The study of Hebrew occurred already in some [[grammar|grammatical]] notes in the [[Talmud]] and [[Midrash]]. The [[Masoretes]] continued the study as they fixed the text and vocalization of the Hebrew Bible. Under the influence of Arab grammarians, Rabbi [[Saadia Gaon]] (tenth century) made the Jewish study of Hebrew grammar almost scientific. Later Jewish grammarians include [[David Kimhi|David Qimhi]] (known as the Radak), [[Abraham ibn Ezra]] and [[Judah ben David Hayyuj]].

[[Eliezer Ben-Yehuda]] is the main revivalist of Hebrew as a modern spoken language, although in his book ''Language in Time of Revolution'', Israeli scholar [[Benjamin Harshav]] diminishes Ben-Yehuda's role and attributes the success of the revival to a wider movement in the Jewish society.