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  • From: Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>
  • To: tladatsi AT charter.net
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] yhwh pronunciation - available data
  • Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 00:10:52 +0100

On 24/07/2005 03:07, tladatsi AT charter.net wrote:

You have hit the matter right on the head. There is simply too little data to develop any firm theories, much less sound conclusions.
Aristotle says in Ethics: *a well-schooled man is one who searches for that degree of precision in each kind of study which the nature of the subject at hand admits*

Indeed, Jack. We will never reach 100% certainty. But there is a lot of data out there which has not been analysed properly, and until it has been we cannot say that we have reached Aristotle's degree of precision.


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