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  • From: Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>
  • To: dwashbur AT nyx.net
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Isaiah 53
  • Date: Sun, 16 May 2004 12:03:56 -0700

On 16/05/2004 11:46, Dave Washburn wrote:

I already referred you to numerous ongoing arguments to the contrary, i.e the list archives. If you're not willing to check them out and see what has gone before, then I can't help you. Again I say: go spend a week reading the archives on this topic before making such absolutists statements.

On Sunday 16 May 2004 09:33, unikom AT paco.net wrote:

Dear Dave,

Perhaps because Hebrew is more natural for me, I was never really
interested in academic discussions on grammar. For all practical issues,
there are of course tenses in Hebrew, and with certain caveats they are
clear and easy to apply.
Even if, say, 10 or 15% of the Tanakic verb entries are in a possibly
wrong tense, this relates to the scribes' accuracy.
I would be curious to see arguments to the contrary, if you can refer me
to a publication, preferably a one available on the Internet.


Sincerely,

Vadim Cherny



Dave, don't be so hard on poor Vadim. You may not agree with his conclusions, any more than I do in many ways. But in this posting he is not being absolutist, and he is asking for information. You are welcome to point him to the archives as a source of that information. But I don't think it's a very helpful one.

Vadim, if you have a week to spend on such things, don't waste it on the repetitive and inconclusive discussions in the archive. I'm sure there are much more useful things on the Internet, but I don't know exactly what.

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