Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Read, James C" <K0434995 AT kingston.ac.uk>]

Iposted twice because I thought the first one hadn't gone through. Sorry!

I'm all for studying alternative theories but enforcing students to agree 
with them 
is not a justifiable prerequisite.

The title of my course was MA Herbrew/Classical Greek. You can't get much 
more linguistic 
sounding than that. Here in GB Hebrew degrees are not that common and only a 
few uni's offer 
them. I searched  long and hard for a purely linguistic course and this was 
the best I could 
find.
Anyway, I found the workaround. I shall be doing a Ph.D in Artificial 
Intelligence and my 
translation algorithms will give me the chance to put to good use the 
hebrew/greek I learned at 
St. Andrews without having to make any compromises.
I think that studying the NT could only be valuable to any Jew as it would 
give a valuable insight 
into an important part in your nation's history. From a historical point of 
view the NT gives a 
wealth of information about Hebrew practices and beliefs of that time. It 
also provides you with a 
wide view of how certain hebrew terms were translated and understood at that 
time, a valuable link 
when tracing the evolution of meaning of many hebre terms e.g. torah/nomos.
If anybody knows of a purely linguistic hebrew degree, I would dearly love to 
know of one. Distance 
learning would be best. Even OU doesn't offer a purely linguistic degree.

-----Original Message-----
From: b-hebrew-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org on behalf of Yitzhak Sapir
Sent: Sun 9/4/2005 3:19 PM
To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Doctorates or not (was Re: XSD)
 
On 9/4/05, Read, James C wrote:
> 
> I'm sorry. I've tried to stay out of this discussion but I have to say that 
> this 
> is the single most arrogant, condescending and self righteous post I have 
> ever read. And it is increasingly evident that the major reason valuable 
> research done by 'no-names' will never be accepted by the accadmic 
> community is because the accademic community is full of pompous 
> individuals like the composer of the message below. 

Do you have valuable research that you can point at, in the field of Hebrew
linguistics, that is not accepted by the "accademic community"? (your
spelling).  The only "self righteous" post is the one you just wrote, and one
has only to read between the lines to each come to their own decision 
regarding your interpretation of ethics.  By comparing this post with the
repost, it is evident that you have also not felt quite alright with a 
particular statement you made here, coming so soon after you declare
your intact integral capability.  No one expects you to change your 
beliefs because academic theories suggest one thing that is at odds
with it.  First, you apparently studied at a Divinity program, and not in
a Linguistics program.  I think if you went in a linguistics program, you'd
be able to learn Hebrew free of any of the theologically problematic
courses for you.  But besides, a Jew who studies the early centuries CE
needs to learn the New Testament, and that does not imply he 
believes anything regarding Jesus.  Scholarship forces you to open
yourself to different theories -- even ones with which you disagree.  That 
is not to say that you must accept them or believe them, but if they are
important theories you need to know what they state.  In fact, you are
not in a position to enter a debate with those theories until you know 
what they state.

I do not have a degree nor do I study at a formal program.  I believe I
make sound judgements in methodology and that helps me along.  
However, I realize I am clearly at a disadvantage without guidance.
Someone who has studied the issues from all possible corners over
many years will be able to suggest more lines of consideration and
alternative explanations or areas of study to consider for any 
particular phenomenon.  I do not have that.  

Yitzhak Sapir
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Shalom All,

As a newbie, I find it quite amusing to see scholars
of your stature fude about the various topics here
from validation of profession to opinion of the
structure of Hebrew language. Once upon a time, I
found this forum to be quite educational to those like
me who are seeking for truth and knowledge about the
Hebrew language and culture. I would like to
respectively ask that we reframe from bashing and make
it a number on ground rule that we can agree to
disagree without the personal attacks.

As for symbolic interaction, has anyone done a study
or have information on the divine symbols of Yah? We
know that Freud completed a theory for human symbolic
interaction.

Chioma Yisrael




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