On 4/28/2013 3:47 PM, Isaac Fried wrote: > 1. It is but a mere guess that Biblical Hebrew was ever spoken. Also, as > is common in poetry to interrogate contemporary speakers could be well > nigh useless, it is the author that needs to be interrogated.
Who doubts it, except for you? People generally do not write in a language they do not speak. I have raised the question before of whether the later OT materials reflect a "classical language" parallel to the Atticizing tendencies of Greek authors in late antiquity, but no one saw fit to address that question. > 2. For "cognate" languages the level of cognition matters. Aramaic, is > not Arabic, and certainly not "Akkadian". In fact, one may claim what > one wants on Akkadian, there is no one to verify it or dispute it. Level of cognition? Really? http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/cognition?s=t cog·ni·tion noun 1. the act or process of knowing; perception. 2. the product of such a process; something thus known, perceived, etc. 3. knowledge. > 3. "Comparative Philology", is possibly an exercise in futility. I have > not seen yet not one one example as to its usefulness. You need to get out and do some real study, rather than just keep making stuff up. > 4. One needs to clearly explain what one means by Hebrew "etymology". You really don't know that etymology is? -- N.E. Barry Hofstetter Semper melius Latine sonat The American Academy http://www.theamericanacademy.net The North American Reformed Seminary http://www.tnars.net Bible Translation Magazine http://www.bible-translation.net http://my.opera.com/barryhofstetter/blog _______________________________________________ b-hebrew mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew
