Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Jim West <jwest AT highland.net>]

At 11:52 AM 5/3/99 -0400, you wrote:
>On Mon, 3 May 1999, Jim West wrote:
>
>> Le problème avec votre suggestion est qu'il y a d'évidence
>> suffisante que le nom divin était “Yahweh” prononcé tandis que le
>> seul conseil que c'était Jéhovah prononcé se repose sur un
>> malentendu clair du système hébreu du vocalization.
>> 
>> Vous montez un cheval mort.
>
>Really? That's quite interesting, Pastor. I suppose another requisuite of
>this schoalrly discussion of Hebrew which you forgot to mention
>stipulates fluency or at least basic sentence structure in modern French. 
>Am I correct, or is the good pastor being the annoying absent minded
>professor I know him as? 

I guess I was a tad absent minded.  When this post arrived I was reading
some French stuff, thinking in French, and regrettably responded to the
query in French.  I apologize to the list.

In any event, my remarks are quite simple:  the reason that most folk dont
buy the "Jehovah" pronunciation is the simple fact that it is based on a
misunderstanding.  You are riding a dead horse, mr Joseph.

Best,

Jim

oh- p.s.- yes, as anyone who has attended grad school knows, french and
german are required languages along with the Biblical languages for anyone
doing serious work in the field of Biblical studies.

+++++++++++++++++++++++++

Jim West, ThD
Petros Baptist Church- Pastor
Quartz Hill School of Theology- Adjunct Prof. of Bible

fax- 978-231-5986
email- jwest AT highland.net
web page-  http://web.infoave.net/~jwest