Biblical Hebrew Forum

[David Kummerow <farmerjoeblo AT hotmail.com>]

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> There I can only say that you are right.
> However, if people write archaically, as long as they copy their
> examples well, the results we get from using that material won't be
> spoiled.
> We have to be wary of archaisms only in syntax, I think: usually,
> words and spelling can be "archaised" without errors, but syntax can
> never be "copied" without errors.
> It's an interesting problem. Are there some notorious passages in the
> mentioned corpus where people say it is archaic artificially? I admit
> I never really studied this.
> Regards
> Herman

Hi Herman,

But we expect that students can reproduce Hebrew in exams, esp. if we 
test on English to Hebrew. Some bright students can get 100%, so how 
about scribes etc?

regards,

David Kummerow.