Research Fields

• Mishnaic Hebrew
• Babylonian Aramaic
• Contacts between Hebrew and Aramaic
• Massora
• The languge of S.Y. Agnon

About

Prof. Breuer has been part of the Hebrew University research community forover 40 years, he is a member of the Academy of the Hebrew Language. He deals mainly with Talmudic Hebrew and Aramaic.

 

Selected Publications

The Hebrew in the Babylonian Talmud according to the Manuscripts of Tractate Pesahim, Jerusalem 2002

From Aramaic into Hebrew: the Method of Translation in the Book Hilkhot Re’u, Jerusalem 2020

“Perfect and Participle in Description of Ritual in the Mishnah”, Tarbiz LVI (1987), pp. 299-326

“Dissonance between Masoretic Accentuation and Vocalization in Verse Division of the Biblical Text”, M. Bar-Asher (ed.) Rabbi Mordechai Breuer Festschrift, Jerusalem 1992, pp. 191-242

“The Babylonian Aramaic in Tractate Karetot: According to MS Oxford”, Aramaic Studies 5.1 (2007), pp. 1–45

 

Teaching

Mishnaic Hebrew

Babylonian Aramaic

The Massora

The Language of S.Y. Agnon

Linguistic Studies in the Interpretation of the Bible