iblical Hebrew is the language of most of the Hebrew Bible, later evolving into Mishnaic and Medieval Hebrew, all of which served as the basis for Modern Hebrew, whose revival in the late 1800s (after centuries of inactivity) remains a remarkable linguistic feat. The degree of similarity between Biblical and Modern Hebrew is debated, as the two share much vocabulary, but lack common syntactic patterns. As a liturgical language, Biblical Hebrew continues to be central to a traditional Jewish education and plays a major role at most Jewish institutions in New York, such as Brooklyn's Mirrer Yeshiva, Yeshiva University in Washington Heights, and at Beth Medrash Govoha in Lakewood, New Jersey.