Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Lawrence May <lgmay AT mindspring.com>]

From some of the posts regarding this subject, some of the replies are purely
intellectual exercises in interpretation, rather than a Jewish or Christian 
desire to
understand the spiritual message of the Bible. We should not divorce the 
Hebrew
language of the
Bible from the God who inspired it.  Some assign esoteric labels to Hebrew 
words and
constructions without how this would affect the translation  into language 
that the
less knowledgeable lurkers on this list can understand.

As for me, I only have a very basic knowledge of Biblical Hebrew.   I am here 
to learn.
and am still learning stems and moods.

Peter Kirk wrote:

> Sorry, but what are you trying to say? Are you trying to say that no one
> properly understands biblical Hebrew? If so, that must include the
> translators and the writers of dictionaries etc, so we might as well
> give up trying to understand the text at all. Now no one would claim to
> understand BH perfectly. But some of us claim that, with the help of
> 20th century (and older) scholarship, archaeological discoveries etc we
> can come to understand it better than the translators of older versions
> and study aids.
>
> Peter Kirk
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: jnall [mailto:jnall AT alltel.net]
> > Sent: 04 April 2002 14:00
> > To: Biblical Hebrew
> > Subject: Re: TOHUW WA BOHUW in Gen & Jer.
> >
> > It appears to me that anyone that claims that they understand the
> language
> > the Bible was written in is as mystified as those trying to understand
> it
> > by
> > the many translations of it????  This does not require a reply any
> more
> > than
> > an Amen! would require.  -Jesse
> >
> > Amen!
> >
> > -Jason
> >
> > Peter Kirk wrote:
> > > Do you claim that you are taking your understanding of creation from
> the
> > > Bible? If so, I suggest that you learn the languages it is written
> in
> > > before attempting to interpret it. Many serious errors have been
> made by
> > > interpreters relying on translations.
> >
>
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