Jubilee (biblical) it was thought that the English term "Jubilee" derives from the Hebrew term "yobel" (via Latin ""), which in turn derives from "yobhel", meaning "ram"; the Jubilee year was announced by a blast on a shofar, an instrument made from a ram's horn, during that year's Yom Kippur. An alternative etymology notes that the Latin verb "iūbilō", "shout for joy," predates the Vulgate, and proposes that instead the Latin "jubilo" (meaning "shout"), as well as Middle Irish "ilach" (victory cry), New English "yowl", and Ancient Greek "iuzo" (ἰύζω: shout), derived from the Proto-Indo-European root "*yu-" (shout for joy). In this
Ancient Hebrew writings Ancient Hebrew writings "This is a part of Hebrew literature" The earliest known inscription in Ancient Hebrew is the Khirbet Qeiyafa Inscription (11th–10th century BCE), if it can indeed be considered Hebrew at that early a stage. By far the most varied, extensive and historically significant body of literature written in the old Classical Hebrew is the canon of the Hebrew Bible (commonly referred to as the "Tanakh" by Jews, the "Old Testament" by Christians), but certain other works have survived as well. It was not unusual for ancient narratives, poetry and rules to have been transmitted orally for several