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  • From: "Karl Randolph" <kwrandolph AT email.com>
  • To: "Hebrew" <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] The Hebrew of the Jehoash Inscription
  • Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2004 23:49:20 -0500


----- Original Message -----
From: "Giuseppe Regalzi" <regalzi AT infinito.it>

> Karl Randolph wrote:
>
> > Does anyone know of a URL to a picture of
> > the stone? Preferably one that's sharp
> > enough to read?
>
> Here it is:
>
> http://www.orientalisti.net/ioash.htm
>
> Giuseppe Regalzi
> regalzi AT tiscali.it

Thank you.

Yes it is in the fourth line, where
grammatically it is possible to find an
infinitive verb, there is written LB)$.
That’s a real stinker, it makes no sense.
Another possibility is a missing dot
between two words, so it could have been
written LB )$, but a heart of fire doesn’t
make sense either. Maybe the forger thought
that medial yods were not found that early,
but they are, and I off the cuff don’t
remember a single instance in Biblical
Hebrew where man )Y$ is written without the
medial yod.

The following phrase, “in the land and in
the wilderness” does not sound Biblical. A
wilderness is a land, therefore if a
specific land is meant, as in this phrase,
the land’s name is usually appended.

These are what I noticed first.

Thus when I read that chemical analysis
indicated that the inscription is a fraud…

Thanks again.

Karl W. Randolph.
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