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Isaac Mozeson

April 16, 2024

Isaac Elchanan Mozeson[1] (born 1951)[2] is best known[3][4] for his creationist and pseudolinguistic writings which attempt to ground the origin of all human languages in ancient Hebrew, as the language of the Garden of Eden.

Isaac Elchanan Mozeson
Born1951 (age 72–73)
British Columbia, Canada
EducationPh.D. [citation needed][clarification needed]
Alma materNew York University
Known forResearch and writings about the origin of languages
Spouse
Lois Stavsky
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(m. 1978)​
Parent
  • Rabbi Leon M. Mozeson (father)

Early life edit

In a 1990 interview he traced his area of interest to a "lasting impression" by having "heard his grade school Rebbe recount the Torah story of the Tower of Bavel" and talking of "a common language."[2]

Mozeson was born 1951 in British Columbia[2][5] to "Rabbi and Mrs. Leon M. Mozeson of Portland, Me."[1] The family moved to Brookline, Massachusetts, where he attended the Maimonides School and graduated 1969.[6]

Mozeson's subsequent formal education is from Yeshiva University, where he later taught;[7][8]CUNY;[8], NYU[2]; "and at the Erna Michael College of Hebraic Studies." He and his wife Lois married in 1978;[1] they adopted and raised two children.[2]

The Word: The Dictionary that Reveals the Hebrew Source of English edit

Mozeson's ten years of work[2] on The Word: The Dictionary that Reveals the Hebrew Source of English[3][9] began "while working on his doctorate at NYU." The Dictionarys foundation had early challengers, including his PhD advisor, who called some of his examples "a coincidence."[2][10] an English professor in New York, died prior to the publication of the work but was reported to have said "The Word is a challenge to linguistics" and added "The parallels traced seem beyond the range of coincidence."[2][failed verification][better source needed] The linguist David L. Gold, however, was extremely critical of Mozeson's work, writing, "Possibly every error imaginable in the study of language was committed in this dictionary, which should be read, if at all, as an antitextbook of linguistics, to be studied not for emulation but for avoidance."[11]

The Origin Of Speeches: Intelligent Design in Language edit

Mozeson's The Origin Of Speeches: Intelligent Design in Language[12][13][14] has a Tower of Babel drawing with a subheading that refers to "The Language of Eden." The book asks why "belief that blind chance endowed human beings with the sense and physiology to devise a highly complex system of expression" is widely given more acceptance than belief in the Bible's account of the Tower of Babel.[12]

Edenics controversy edit

Edenics is Mozeson's description regarding speech in the Garden of Eden as the original human language[14] and that "human language did not evolve by accident."[4][2] A Jewish Press book review of Mozeson's The Origin Of Speeches: Intelligent Design in Language used the word Edenic more than once but did not use his term Edenics;[4] neither did a satire published in The Algemeiner Journal about the naming of the book "Origin of the Speeches" as similar to Charles Darwin's The Origin of Species.[12] The latter even rejects the term in the singular, writing that "Isaac Mozeson, a Ph.D. in linguistics from NYU ... hypothesizes a primal, universal language that he calls Edenic (and others might call proto-Semitic or ancient Hebrew)." It also refers to PIE after citing Mozeson's "Proto-Indo-European" and states about "Dr. Mozeson and a team of researchers" that "they have no idea if the language ever existed." The satire[clarification needed] supports the concept of a single universal tongue, and uses examples from modern Hebrew.[a]

Other works edit

He co-authored[2] Wars of the Jews: A Military History from Biblical to Modern Times with Monroe Rosenthal.[15] Mozeson is also a senior editor for The Jewish Heritage Writing Project.[2]

In 1994, Mozeson and his wife co-authored Jerusalem Mosaic: Young Voices from the Holy City.[16] A 2001 curriculum guide describes it as "Gr. 8-12. Jewish and Arab teens talk about their lives in Jerusalem and their hopes for the future."[17] The 1909-founded American Academy of Religion lists the book in its "Guidelines for Teaching About Religion in K-12 Public Schools in the United States" as "Recommended for grades 6-12" and writes "Jewish, Christian, and Muslim perspectives from varying positions on the secular-orthodox spectrum."[18][19]

Mozeson's other works include:

  • Beginner's Hebrew Word Book: An Illustrated Dictionary[20]
  • A 2 Z: The Book of Rap and Hip-hop Slang (co-authored)[21][22]
  • Voices and Faces of Homeless Teens (co-authored)[23]

Notes edit

  1. ^ e.g., "In Edenic (and Modern Hebrew) the word for ..."

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Lois Stavsky, a Teacher, Is Wed to Isaac Mozeson". The New York Times. July 5, 1978. sec. C, p. 18.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Gervirtz, Eliezer (December 1990). "Isaac Mozeson's new book reveals the Hebrew source of English". Good Fortune. pp. 74–78.
  3. ^ a b "A Booth-by-Booth Guide to the Book Fair". The New York Times. September 15, 1989.
  4. ^ a b c Yocheved Golani (November 22, 2006). "Title: The Origin Of Speeches: Intelligent Design in Language". The Jewish Press.
  5. ^ "about the author". Amazon.
  6. ^ "Kol Bogrei Rambam: Connecting Maimonides Alumni Worldwide" (PDF). Maimonides School. April 2007.
  7. ^ "Yeshiva University's Center for Continuing Education Offers Wide Array of Courses and Lectures on Jewish Themes". Kehilath Jeshurun Bulletin. Vol. LII, no. 5. Yeshiva University. March 1, 1985. p. 10.
  8. ^ a b Moskowitz, Avi (September 24, 1974). "Eight New Lecturers In College Upgrade Quality of Departments" (PDF). Commentator. Vol. LXXX, no. 1. Yeshiva College. pp. 1, 4. The newest addition to the English department js also the youngest member of the faculty. Mr. Isaac Mozeson, who is teaching for the first time this year, is a YU graduate with an M.A. from CUNY.
  9. ^ Mozeson, Isaac (1989). The Word: The Dictionary that Reveals the Hebrew Source of English. Shapolsky Publishers. ISBN 978-0-9335-0344-1.
  10. ^ Shipley, Joseph (1945). Dictionary of Word Origins. Philosophical Library. ISBN 978-0-8022-1557-4.
  11. ^ Gold, D. L. (1995). "When Religion Intrudes into Etymology (On the Word: The Dictionary That Reveals the Hebrew Source of English)". In Kachru, B. B.; Kahane, H. (eds.). Cultures, ideologies, and the dictionary : studies in honor of Ladislav Zgusta. pp. 368–380.
  12. ^ a b c Jacobs, Adam (July 20, 2012). "Intelligent Design in Language". Algemeiner Journal.
  13. ^ Mozeson, Isaac (2006). The Origin Of Speeches: Intelligent Design in Language. Lightcatcher Books. ISBN 978-0-9719-3888-5.
  14. ^ a b Mozeson, Isaac (January 29, 2020). "Hebrew, the Mother of Languages". Tamar Yonah Show (Interview). Interviewed by Tamar Yonah. The Jewish Press.
  15. ^ Rosenthal, Monroe; Mozeson, Isaac (1990). Wars of the Jews: A Military History from Biblical to Modern Times. New York: Hipporcrene Books. ISBN 978-0-8705-2786-9.
  16. ^ Mozeson, Isaac E.; Stavsky, Lois (1994). Jerusalem Mosaic: Young Voices from the Holy City. Four Winds Press. ISBN 978-0-0276-7651-8.
  17. ^ (PDF). The Jewish Education Center of Cleveland. May 24, 2001. p. 48. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 19, 2022.
  18. ^ "Guidelines for Teaching About Religion in K-12 Public Schools in the United States". April 4, 2010. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.168.5304.
  19. ^ "World Literature: Film, Fiction, Nonfiction, Children's Stories/Fairy Tales, Poetry and Classics—Asian Continent". The authors, husband and wife English teachers, interview 36 teenagers in Jerusalem during two summers—1992 and 1993. It's this diverse mosaic of people of different religious backgrounds—Jewish, Muslim, and Christian—that gives Israel its beauty if one looks closely.
  20. ^ Beginner's Hebrew Word Book: An Illustrated Dictionary. Sure Sellers. 1991. ISBN 978-1-56171-057-7.
  21. ^ Stavsky, Lois; Mozeson, Isaac; Reyes Mozeson, Dani (1995). A 2 Z: The Book of Rap and Hip-hop Slang. Boulevard Books. ISBN 978-1-5729-7007-6.
  22. ^ Caramanica, Jon (September 28, 2003). "This Was 'Spinal Tap' For the Hip-Hop Generation". The New York Times. the actual volume -- A2Z: The Book of Rap and Hip-Hop Slang -- they "used to write ..."
  23. ^ Stavsky, Lois; Mozeson, Isaac E. (1990). Voices and Faces of Homeless Teens. Photographs by Robert Hirschfield. Shapolsky Publishers. ISBN 978-1-57297-007-6.

External links edit

 
Look up Edenics in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
  • Cover, Mozeson's The Origin of Speeches: Intelligent Design in Language
  • Mozeson's web site (edenics.net)

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father Contents 1 Early life 2 The Word The Dictionary that Reveals the Hebrew Source of English 3 The Origin Of Speeches Intelligent Design in Language 4 Edenics controversy 5 Other works 6 Notes 7 References 8 External linksEarly life editIn a 1990 interview he traced his area of interest to a lasting impression by having heard his grade school Rebbe recount the Torah story of the Tower of Bavel and talking of a common language 2 Mozeson was born 1951 in British Columbia 2 5 to Rabbi and Mrs Leon M Mozeson of Portland Me 1 The family moved to Brookline Massachusetts where he attended the Maimonides School and graduated 1969 6 Mozeson s subsequent formal education is from Yeshiva University where he later taught 7 8 CUNY 8 NYU 2 and at the Erna Michael College of Hebraic Studies He and his wife Lois married in 1978 1 they adopted and raised two children 2 The Word The Dictionary that Reveals the Hebrew Source of English editMozeson s ten years of work 2 on The Word The Dictionary that Reveals the Hebrew Source of English 3 9 began while working on his doctorate at NYU The Dictionarys foundation had early challengers including his PhD advisor who called some of his examples a coincidence 2 10 an English professor in New York died prior to the publication of the work but was reported to have said The Word is a challenge to linguistics and added The parallels traced seem beyond the range of coincidence 2 failed verification better source needed The linguist David L Gold however was extremely critical of Mozeson s work writing Possibly every error imaginable in the study of language was committed in this dictionary which should be read if at all as an antitextbook of linguistics to be studied not for emulation but for avoidance 11 The Origin Of Speeches Intelligent Design in Language editMozeson s The Origin Of Speeches Intelligent Design in Language 12 13 14 has a Tower of Babel drawing with a subheading that refers to The Language of Eden The book asks why belief that blind chance endowed human beings with the sense and physiology to devise a highly complex system of expression is widely given more acceptance than belief in the Bible s account of the Tower of Babel 12 Edenics controversy editEdenics is Mozeson s description regarding speech in the Garden of Eden as the original human language 14 and that human language did not evolve by accident 4 2 A Jewish Press book review of Mozeson s The Origin Of Speeches Intelligent Design in Language used the word Edenic more than once but did not use his term Edenics 4 neither did a satire published in The Algemeiner Journal about the naming of the book Origin of the Speeches as similar to Charles Darwin s The Origin of Species 12 The latter even rejects the term in the singular writing that Isaac Mozeson a Ph D in linguistics from NYU hypothesizes a primal universal language that he calls Edenic and others might call proto Semitic or ancient Hebrew It also refers to PIE after citing Mozeson s Proto Indo European and states about Dr Mozeson and a team of researchers that they have no idea if the language ever existed The satire clarification needed supports the concept of a single universal tongue and uses examples from modern Hebrew a Other works editHe co authored 2 Wars of the Jews A Military History from Biblical to Modern Times with Monroe Rosenthal 15 Mozeson is also a senior editor for The Jewish Heritage Writing Project 2 In 1994 Mozeson and his wife co authored Jerusalem Mosaic Young Voices from the Holy City 16 A 2001 curriculum guide describes it as Gr 8 12 Jewish and Arab teens talk about their lives in Jerusalem and their hopes for the future 17 The 1909 founded American Academy of Religion lists the book in its Guidelines for Teaching About Religion in K 12 Public Schools in the United States as Recommended for grades 6 12 and writes Jewish Christian and Muslim perspectives from varying positions on the secular orthodox spectrum 18 19 Mozeson s other works include Beginner s Hebrew Word Book An Illustrated Dictionary 20 A 2 Z The Book of Rap and Hip hop Slang co authored 21 22 Voices and Faces of Homeless Teens co authored 23 Notes edit e g In Edenic and Modern Hebrew the word for References edit a b c Lois Stavsky a Teacher Is Wed to Isaac Mozeson The New York Times July 5 1978 sec C p 18 a b c d e f g h i j k Gervirtz Eliezer December 1990 Isaac Mozeson s new book reveals the Hebrew source of English Good Fortune pp 74 78 a b A Booth by Booth Guide to the Book Fair The New York Times September 15 1989 a b c Yocheved Golani November 22 2006 Title The Origin Of Speeches Intelligent Design in Language The Jewish Press about the author Amazon Kol Bogrei Rambam Connecting Maimonides Alumni Worldwide PDF Maimonides School April 2007 Yeshiva University s Center for Continuing Education Offers Wide Array of Courses and Lectures on Jewish Themes Kehilath Jeshurun Bulletin Vol LII no 5 Yeshiva University March 1 1985 p 10 a b Moskowitz Avi September 24 1974 Eight New Lecturers In College Upgrade Quality of Departments PDF Commentator Vol LXXX no 1 Yeshiva College pp 1 4 The newest addition to the English department js also the youngest member of the faculty Mr Isaac Mozeson who is teaching for the first time this year is a YU graduate with an M A from CUNY Mozeson Isaac 1989 The Word The Dictionary that Reveals the Hebrew Source of English Shapolsky Publishers ISBN 978 0 9335 0344 1 Shipley Joseph 1945 Dictionary of Word Origins Philosophical Library ISBN 978 0 8022 1557 4 Gold D L 1995 When Religion Intrudes into Etymology On the Word The Dictionary That Reveals the Hebrew Source of English In Kachru B B Kahane H eds Cultures ideologies and the dictionary studies in honor of Ladislav Zgusta pp 368 380 a b c Jacobs Adam July 20 2012 Intelligent Design in Language Algemeiner Journal Mozeson Isaac 2006 The Origin Of Speeches Intelligent Design in Language Lightcatcher Books ISBN 978 0 9719 3888 5 a b Mozeson Isaac January 29 2020 Hebrew the Mother of Languages Tamar Yonah Show Interview Interviewed by Tamar Yonah The Jewish Press Rosenthal Monroe Mozeson Isaac 1990 Wars of the Jews A Military History from Biblical to Modern Times New York Hipporcrene Books ISBN 978 0 8705 2786 9 Mozeson Isaac E Stavsky Lois 1994 Jerusalem Mosaic Young Voices from the Holy City Four Winds Press ISBN 978 0 0276 7651 8 Israel NOW Solidarity Response Curriculum PDF The Jewish Education Center of Cleveland May 24 2001 p 48 Archived from the original PDF on March 19 2022 Guidelines for Teaching About Religion in K 12 Public Schools in the United States April 4 2010 CiteSeerX 10 1 1 168 5304 World Literature Film Fiction Nonfiction Children s Stories Fairy Tales Poetry and Classics Asian Continent The authors husband and wife English teachers interview 36 teenagers in Jerusalem during two summers 1992 and 1993 It s this diverse mosaic of people of different religious backgrounds Jewish Muslim and Christian that gives Israel its beauty if one looks closely Beginner s Hebrew Word Book An Illustrated Dictionary Sure Sellers 1991 ISBN 978 1 56171 057 7 Stavsky Lois Mozeson Isaac Reyes Mozeson Dani 1995 A 2 Z The Book of Rap and Hip hop Slang Boulevard Books ISBN 978 1 5729 7007 6 Caramanica Jon September 28 2003 This Was Spinal Tap For the Hip Hop Generation The New York Times the actual volume A2Z The Book of Rap and Hip Hop Slang they used to write Stavsky Lois Mozeson Isaac E 1990 Voices and Faces of Homeless Teens Photographs by Robert Hirschfield Shapolsky Publishers ISBN 978 1 57297 007 6 External links edit nbsp Look up Edenics in Wiktionary the free dictionary Cover Mozeson s The Origin of Speeches Intelligent Design in Language Mozeson s web site edenics net Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Isaac Mozeson amp oldid 1197756108, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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