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  • From: <gs02wmr AT panther.Gsu.EDU>
  • To: Niels Peter Lemche <npl AT teol.ku.dk>
  • Cc: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: RE: Saadia Gaon: Where did Hebrew Come From?
  • Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 11:53:23 -0500 (EST)


On Fri, 18 Feb 2000, Niels Peter Lemche wrote:
> 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?


Shalum,

So what you're saying is that his premises were based on the available
information. I'd never heard of Saadia Gaon before, and assumed he was a
modern linguist that had access to all of the above.

Is there anything in his writings that is credible or substantiated, then?

Shalom,

Wondell M. Rachman






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