Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Peter Kirk" <Peter_Kirk AT sil.org>]

----- Original Message -----
From: Niels Peter Lemche <npl AT teol.ku.dk>
To: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Cc: <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Sent: Monday, June 05, 2000 9:08 AM
Subject: RE: Hebrew language, antiquity of ?


Dear Peter,

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OK?

NPL

Yes! No problems with what you write now - except that (from what I
understand) the only Arabs from far east and far west who can communicate
are the lucky minority (nearly all male) who have had a good education, and
have learned classical Arabic more or less as a foreign language. I guess
the differences may be as much as between Danish and English; you had to
learn English to communicate with me (or I could have learned Danish, but I
regret that I haven't).

Peter Kirk