Thanks for your comments. I basically agree. I have no doubt that the language of the masoretic text:
a. was used effectively as a means of communication amongst many people, in 1010 a.d.; b. could be used effectively as a means of communication, amongst many people, in 2010 a.d.; and c. suffers a lack of agreement now, as to what the words meant, then; thereby rendering it an inappropriate vehicle for communication at this time. regards, fred burlingame On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 4:01 PM, George Athas <[email protected]>wrote: > The line between precision and approximation is drawn quite subjectively > most of the time. Different people would be comfortable in drawing that line > in different places. In any case, the mere fact that we can still > communicate across cultural and linguistic boundaries suggests the > approximation is often not far off precision. > > GEORGE ATHAS > Moore Theological College (Sydney, Australia) > www.moore.edu.au > _______________________________________________ > b-hebrew mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew > _______________________________________________ b-hebrew mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew
