Great question! Let me just toss my 2c in
As one of those with that "scholars disagree", having Graduated 2 Catholic Universities and the Southern Baptist Convention as a "Pastor" and OH the grandson of a "Pastor of 53 years" lets not forget My Father being an Elder for 40 years. But what do I know? When I was doing (Preaching) what I was thought, deep down (LB Hebrew for Heart in English) I knew that I was not seeing the Truth (AMT) I had to become like a child and open my eyes (MIND) and see. You can see my story at, www.BattleForTheBible.org Keep teaching your son. With HIS Support (LOVE) ShLM RICH AHRC --------------------------------------------------------------- --- In [email protected], j.rothlan...@... wrote: > > I've been reading through the site the past few months and trying to learn > what I can about this approach to ancient Hebrew. I've gone through some of > the educational class online as well. So I think I understand the basic idea > of this groups approach and I agree with pretty much everything I read. It > seems logical and based on facts and solid evidences. Actually, I ran across > the site because I was plotting the script of about 5 different ancient > languages and had decided that Egyptian was derived from Hebrew and that > Hebrew probably came across with Noah. That's when I ran into this site and > have been interested that others were instrested in the same thing. > > But one thing that still bugs me is that when I bounce any of this off of > anyone else that has studied Hebrew, such as my pastor (PhD from DTS), most > of the things I ask him, he disagrees with. Then when I look up this on the > Internet and find things from PhD's in lingustics. They all seem to really > dislike what this site promotes. For example, the idea that future is hidden > and behind us and the past is open and in front of us, every Hebrew scholar > (well, person that knows Hebrew as a native lanugage or studied it in > school), which is only a few, seems to disagree with this approach. > > So why such a negative backlash against these ideas and why do scholars > disagree? I keep reading history books (my kids history books) and they say > things like Hebrew came from Egyptian. Of course, I know that mainstream is > not always right. I majoried in evolutionary biology in college. So trust > me, I do not always agree with the scholars and mainstream ideals. > > I'm teaching my 10-year old a little bit of Greek and Latin and I was > thinking about adding some Hebrew as well. They are little sponges at this > age and he can memorize a dozen or two vocabulary words to my one. So I > figured I would see what his interest is. So far we have focused on the > Greek alphabet and about 30 or so vocabulary words. So we have just > started. But since Greek derives from Hebrew, I figured it would be worth > looking up the roots to the Greek and let him see how some words have come > down through Hebrew, Greek, and then to Latin. > > So here's my concern. If I am teaching this stuff to my 10-year old, I want > to make sure it's right, or at least a legitamate approach. But how can I > know? There seems to be a lot of disagreement with mainstream Hebrew > teaching. > > Does anyone have any thoughts about this? Are there any scholars or > professors at major universities that would agree with this approach to > Hebrew? If not, any thoughts or ideas as to why that is? Just how sure can > I be that this approach is legit? >
