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  • From: "Jonathan D. Safren" <yonsaf AT beitberl.ac.il>
  • To: yochanan bitan <ButhFam AT compuserve.com>
  • Cc: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: WHICH LEXICON???
  • Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 12:29:28 +0200


The trouble with Even Shoshan is that he had an imperfect knowledge of
Comparative Semitic philology. For example, in his dictionary, he
derived BH peraqdan from Greek proctis, when any Akkadian scholar would
know of the Akkadian verb naparqadu.
Sincerely,
--
Jonathan D. Safren
Dept. of Biblical Studies
Beit Berl College
Beit Berl Post Office 44905
Israel






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