Come on, Arnaud. Let's let Jim choose to interpret Yigal's comment in a positive light if he wants to. It doesn't hurt to have him feel good, does it?
Paul Zellmer -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Arnaud Fournet Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2010 2:59 PM To: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] HALOT Etymologies From: <[email protected]> > > Professor Yigal Levin: > > You wrote: “Who in the world said that HALOT was perfect? But as Isaac > said, etymologies of names is often problematic. The names you list below > are > obviously not Hebrew. If you are now going to tell us that in Hurrian they > all make sense and that they are all pinpoint accurate in the fourteenth > century BCE, please don’t bother. We believe you.” > > That is the greatest compliment I ever got in my entire life. *** I read it as a polite though ironic request not to defend that point of view... Arnaud Fournet _______________________________________________ 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
