"People" did not write the HB. Spoken Hebrew has its purposes, and BH
has its purposes.
I doubt that King David mundanely spoke to his wives and children in BH.
Isaac Fried, Boston University
On Jul 21, 2013, at 5:16 PM, Chris Watts wrote:
Well that is exactly the same as saying that 15th century literary
dutch or shakespearen literature was never spoken. How can people
not speak the language they write?
Chris Watts
Ireland
On 21 Jul 2013, at 21:04, Isaac Fried wrote:
Your assumption that biblical Hebrew was ever spoken is possibly a
historical fantasy.
Isaac Fried, Boston University
On Jul 21, 2013, at 7:14 AM, Chris Watts wrote:
Modern hebrew of course has the three tenses now, but
biblical hebrew spoke with two distinct forms only and then varying
combinations of these two distinct forms would communicate the past
present and future in their evryday lives.
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