Fred: What do you mean by this message? It doesn’t make apparent sense.
Karl W. Randolph. On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 5:44 PM, fred burlingame <[email protected]>wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ b-hebrew mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew
