Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Rolf Furuli <furuli AT online.no>]

Dear Ken,

The answer is No, because my study is as yet unpublished. (An article 
will be published in ZDMG and the whole study will be published as 
well.) Several lingusits in Norway are positive to my model of 
approach.  Your question is an honest question, but at the same time it 
gives some food for thought.

In Norway we have the word "trynefaktor" ("snout-factor"):  "We don't 
like your face and therefore we reject your conclusions."  
Unfortunately, such a spirit also exists among  scientists, including 
Semitists.  One the one hand, it is a balanced approach to give weight 
to conclusions that are accepted by different authorities.  One the 
other hand, to give too much weight to the opinions of  scholars with 
great names may prevent progress.

Because my model turns completely upside down the almost universally 
accepted grammatical ideas of modern hebraists,  I expect that the 
snoutfactor will be applied with full force.  What I hope, however, is 
that scholars will take time to scrutinize my model and test the 
conclusions.


Best regards

Rolf Furuli

University of Oslo

Ken Penner wrote:

> Dear Rolf,
>
> Do any linguists accept your model of the Hebrew verb?
>
> Ken Penner, McMaster/DSS
> Dead Sea Scrolls scholars' list owner,
> http://mailman.McMaster.CA/mailman/listinfo/g-megillot
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> > I have lectured about my verbal model for groups of scholars, 
> > and I do 
> > not expect that the model immediately should be accepted, or 
> > necessarily 
> > accepted at all.  But frankly speaking, I am surprised to find how 
> > difficult it is to be able to have a meaningful discussion regarding 
> > the  linguistic principles at stake.  It seems to me that very few 
> > professors of Semitic languages are able to fathom that there is a 
> > distinction between semantic ( uncancellable) factors inside 
> > a language 
> > and pragmatic factors.  This seems to be something they never have 
> > thought of.  So it is high time that linguistics are introduced into 
> > Semitic studies.
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