Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Don Elbourne" <elbourne AT earthlink.net>]

LOL, yes, I tried to over look his spelling deficiency, since mine is strong
as well. He does seem rather passionate about his opinions but I'm not sure
how well founded they are. I'm actually a little confused at where he is
coming from or where he is trying to go with this. I'll forward his second
post in the event that anyone is interested.

Don A. Elbourne Jr.
http://elbourne.simplenet.com

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Washburn [mailto:dwashbur AT nyx.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 1999 8:43 PM
> To: Biblical Hebrew
> Subject: Re: Textual Criticism
>
>
> >
> > I am on another discussion group where the topic of Textual
> criticism has
> > arisen. I was wondering if anyone would like to respond to the
> posts by one
> > individual in particular. I will not pass along his name but his post is
> > below.
>
> > Many of you seem to feel that the Mesoratic Text is almost the
> same as the
> > ancient Hebrew.  But, it is not.  Also many seem to feel that
> the Mesoratics
> > have given us a faithful version of the original Hebrew text,
> but is that
> > true?  According to the Jewish writers, there are many differences.
>
> [snip]
> I'd really like to know what the heck a "Mesoratic" is.  If s/he can't
> even get the name right, I doubt the person is particularly qualified
> to comment on the state of the text.
>
> Dave Washburn
> http://www.nyx.net/~dwashbur
> "No good deed goes unpunished."
>
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