Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Jack Kilmon <jkilmon AT historian.net>]

yahua'sef wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 3 May 1999, Jim West wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> Well at least we agree on the 'Jehovah' issue. The latter is your opinion
> and is of no consequence, thank God.
> 
> > 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.
> 
> Nonsense. France and Germany have nothing to do with the Holy Land, its
> ancient languages, and the culture. One would be more wise to study
> Canaanite, Phoenician, Indo-Hittite, Aramaic, Syretic, Arabic, Chaldean,
> (Mesopotamian), Sumer, Akkad, Babylonia, Assyria,  etc.etc. culture and
> people.

But the significant works on these languages and on biblical studies
over the last century have been in French and German.  When I began
studying Aramaic as a lad, I could get nowhere until I took a basic
German course. Even today the seminal works are in German.

Jack
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