Eisenbrauns Valentine Contest Winners

Those who have learned other languages know that one’s ability to understand what others have said or written often improves more quickly than one’s ability to find the right words and grammatical constructions to express one’s own thoughts.

I thus think that the annual Eisenbraun’s contest to compose something in an ancient Near Eastern language appropriate for Valentine’s Day not only provides much-needed entertainment, but also challenges us to try our hand at not simply reading ancient texts but composing in these languages, and thus serves a very useful purpose in encouraging linguistic proficiency.

Visit the Eisenbraun’s site to see this year’s winners.