Biblical Hebrew Forum

["uri hurwitz" <uhurwitz AT yahoo.com>]

.    In the debate someone raised the question:      " Still, the question
is worth asking, whether
> >familiarity with Modern Hebrew scholarship is worthwhile or perhaps even
> >essential for anyone who wants to do serious work in the field"
>   To which Jim West replied:
> the answer is no.  it may be politically correct- but it is not academically
> significant.
> 
    Since Jim West does not read modern Hebrew what qualifies him to make
such a categorical statement?                                             
 Uri