Fred: On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 10:16 AM, fred burlingame <[email protected]>wrote:
> An interesting theory, the secular nature of the biblical hebrew language; > but one bereft of factual support. Indeed, the sole witness to the language > includes a highly religious document, aka the masoretic text; and its dead > sea scrolls fragmentary predecessor. The internal testimony of that > document > further confirms the intended religious nature of the language itself, > given > the announced purpose of the nation writing the language. > > ואתם תהיו לי ממלכת כהנים וגוי קדוש > > שמות 19:6 > If your theory is correct that literacy was connected to the ruler classes, then this verse assumes universal literacy, as the whole nation was counted among the ruler classes. > > regards, > > fred burlingame > > Karl W. Randolph. _______________________________________________ b-hebrew mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew
