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  • From: "Christian M. M. Brady" <cbrady AT tulane.edu>
  • To: B-Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.metalab.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: OFF TOPIC Modern Hebrew question
  • Date: Fri, 17 May 2002 10:08:41 -0500


On 5/17/02 9:55 AM, "Lisbeth S. Fried" <lizfried AT umich.edu> wrote:

>
> I'd like to piggy-back on Jim's remark.
> I was turned down for two jobs because I
> could not conduct Bible classes in modern Hebrew!
> I asked one dept chair why that would be necessary,
> and she asked me in return how anyone would consider
> teaching Shakespear in Russian!.
> Well, goodness. I hope people are teaching Shakespear
> in Russian. Students should certainly read the text in
> the original, but the class could definitely be conducted
> in Russian. How would teaching it in modern English
> facilitate learning any more than teaching it in Russian????
> Grrr.
> Liz

Now, if the Chair had said that you should teach it in *biblical Hebrew* her
analogy might have had weight... When was the last time has anyone taught a
Hebrew Bible class in *biblical Hebrew*?

Cb
cbrady @ tulane.edu
--
"I'm not tense, just terribly, terribly alert."






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