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  • From: "Karl Randolph" <kwrandolph AT email.com>
  • To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Zech 6:8
  • Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 22:44:06 -0500

Herman:

While spoken language has vowels, Hebrew written
language at the time had only consonants. What both
Steve and I recognize is that the vowels were not added
to the written text until much later. Further, while we claim
that the original autographs were inspired, the copies
were not, and all we have today are copies of copies.
Therefore, we claim that the written vowels were not
inspired.

Looking at ancient transliterations, we see evidence that
the pronunciation preserved by the Masoretes is not the
same as earlier pronunciations, which most likely was not
the same as the pronunciation during Biblical times.

Karl W. Randolph.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Herman Meester" <crazymulgogi AT gmail.com>

> Dear Steve,
>
> I hope you are not suggesting that we can do without the vowels? ...
>
> Regards
> Herman

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