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RE: Saadia Gaon: Where did Hebrew Come From?

From: Niels Peter Lemche <npl AT teol.ku.dk>
To: "'b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu'" <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: RE: Saadia Gaon: Where did Hebrew Come From?
Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 17:44:59 +0100

Saadia Gaon never saw a line of Accadian, never a fragment of Ugaritic. He
did not know about the existence of ancient inscriptions, i.e. his only
reference would be Arabic and maybe some Syriac. So how could he in an
environment that traced everything oriental back to the Arabic peninsula
think otherwise?

NPL

Saadia Gaon: Where did Hebrew Come From?, gs02wmr, 02/18/2000
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- RE: Saadia Gaon: Where did Hebrew Come From?, Niels Peter Lemche, 02/18/2000
- RE: Saadia Gaon: Where did Hebrew Come From?, gs02wmr, 02/18/2000
- RE: Saadia Gaon: Where did Hebrew Come From?, Lewis Reich, 02/18/2000
- Re: Saadia Gaon: Where did Hebrew Come From?, Peter Kirk, 02/19/2000
- Re: Saadia Gaon: Where did Hebrew Come From?, Bryan Rocine, 02/20/2000