Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Harold R. Holmyard III" <hholmyard AT ont.com>]

Dear Steven,

> Schmuel
> Again, who has written a scholarly article "these Masoretic 
> vowel-points are wrong"
> that I could study?  Not just an offhand flippant claim, but a 
> reasonably rigorous study.

HH: My experience over the years is that the points are to be 
accepted, but very rarely there can be places where they seem to be 
incorrect. Even conservative scholars like Keil and Delitzsch 
occasionally note a pointing they think is not right. In the circles 
I have been in, although inspiration is claimed for the letters, the 
same inspiration is not granted to the pointing. Yet the pointed is 
accepted as generally accurate, reflective of an ancient reading 
tradition that goes back to about the time of Christ, and not to be 
lightly treated.

                                        Yours,
                                        Harold Holmyard