On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 9:46 PM, Isaac Fried <[email protected]> wrote:
> 1. Every allegation is "made up". > > 2. Do you know the genetic relationship between Hebrew and Arabic? If not, > then it is a mystery. I will give you an example. We find in the Hebrew > bible the curious name GOZAL (Deut. 32:11), 'nestling, young bird'. It is > curious since the act GAZAL (as in Ezekiel 18:18) is 'rob'. The (otherwise > excellent) standard Hebrew dictionary of Eben Shoshan brings to this word > the "etymology" of Arab JOWZAL. To this, I say: so what. > > Honestly, I am unable to make sense of that last part. > 3. Can you "read" the so called "Akkadian"? If not, then leave it out. > Have you actually read any "Ugaritic text"? if not, then leave it out. > > I can't speak for anybody else, but I have read both. My Akkadian is pretty rusty, but I can still read the Ugaritic tablets. So can a lot of other people. I don't follow what your point is. -- Dave Washburn Check out my Internet show: http://www.irvingszoo.com Now available: a novel about King Josiah!
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