hi james, i fully agree. much of his statements about akkadian and proto-semitic apply to BH too, but it is exactly there where he prefers to draw his imaginary line. i quote:
1. "Akkadian" is a reconstructed language for which we have no means of independently appraising the veracity of the claims made about it... 2. "proto-semitic" is a polite way of saying long, long ago. isaac probably believes that hebrew was abraham's mother tongue. nir cohen _______________________________________________ b-hebrew mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew
