Biblical Hebrew Forum

[yochanan bitan <ButhFam AT compuserve.com>]

shalom, bryan,
yes, i'm enjoying this and any dialogue that brings positive reflection.
and i would like to see people able to read their hebrew bible with ease
and better than what i often encounter. i'll share more on what that might
mean when you come.

>> is that the best way to learn to read goethe? or shakespeare?

> Are you sure you want to make this analogy? 

yes, 
the question was on whether it is psycholinguistically best in the long
run/short run to ingore the aural/oral route. 
are the first mechanics of reading a foreign language best taught without
aural/oral infrastructure? 
as for me and my house, i would say aural/oral is necessary for best
integration of reading too.

questions of registers and scope are not part of the question.

randall