• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content

Life & Letters Magazine

  • Features
  • Research
  • Teaching & Learning
  • Blog
  • Alumni Updates
  • Archive
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • Linkedin
Show Menu
  • Features
  • Research
  • Teaching & Learning
  • Blog
  • Alumni Updates
  • Archive

Jessica Steinberg

black and white photo of Baron

Professor Aaron Bar-Adon created Hebrew linguistics field

May 1, 2012 by Jessica Steinberg

Jerusalem, Israel — “Beresheet bara elohim et hashamayim veet haaretz (In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth),” reads aloud Professor Aaron Bar-Adon in his rich, careful Hebrew, reminding the audience of possibly the most famous text from Genesis in the Old Testament. “This is the drama of the creation of the world,” […]

The College of Liberal Arts at The University of Texas at Austin
  • About
  • Give
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • Linkedin

© 2025, The University of Texas at Austin. All rights reserved. Web Policies Web Accessibility Policy. 110 Inner Campus Drive Austin, TX 78705