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Psalm 2:12 and Proverbs 31 ben/bar

From: "Fred Putnam" <fputnam AT biblical.edu>
To: "Biblical Hebrew" <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: Psalm 2:12 and Proverbs 31 ben/bar
Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 10:15:30 -0500

With regard to "Aramaisms" in BH, I have found the following helpful.

When I was in grad school (Dropsie), Stephen Geller, our professor, suggested
that "An
'Aramaism' is merely a word common to both languages that happens to occur
more
frequently in Aramaic than in [Biblical] Hebrew." [The quotation marks are
meant only to
show attribution, not to imply a verbatim quote.]

Best wishes,
Fred

Frederic Clarke Putnam, Ph.D.
"Dominus illuminatio mea."

Professor of Old Testament
Biblical Theological Seminary
fputnam AT biblical.edu
215-368-5000x150 (office & voice-mail)

Psalm 2:12 and Proverbs 31 ben/bar, Fred Putnam, 04/01/2002
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