Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Kirk Lowery <klowery AT whi.wts.edu>]

Yitzhak Sapir wrote:
> Karl Randolph wrote:
>
> > Finally, this mail list is dedicated to the study of Biblical Hebrew. In view of the 
> > above, arguing fine points of Masoretic pronunciations won't help much in the 
> > stated goal. Let Peter have the last word.
>
>
> Actually, if you follow this link:
> http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew
> you'll see that the list advertises itself as "Hebrew Bible List."  Also, your
> beliefs of the Massoretic phonetics aside, the vocalizations do convey 
> important
> information and issues such as dagesh/rafe are generally treated in Biblical
> Hebrew grammars.

Speaking on behalf of the moderators, Tiberian (or any other) 
vocalization of the text is well within our forum's charter. The focus 
is not just the language, but anything relating to the Hebrew Bible; 
discussion of the ancient versions, e.g., the LXX, is also within 
charter -- as long as it remains close to the question of understanding 
the Hebrew Bible text. If it wanders too far afield, we'll let you 
know... :-)

Blessings,

Kirk
B-Hebrew co-chair
--
Kirk E. Lowery, PhD
Director, Westminster Hebrew Institute
Adjunct Professor of Old Testament
Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia
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