Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Arthur Gershman" <gershman18 AT msn.com>]

Dear Shoshanna,
Adam was sui generis since he was not 'born of man.'  Thus you can't 
generalize 
Adam's case from the case of mankind as a whole.
Respectfully,
Art Gershman



Ben Zoma said: Who is wise?  Those who learn from all people.  Pirkei Avot 4:1
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Shoshanna Walker<mailto:rosewalk AT concentric.net> 
  To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org<mailto:b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org> 
  Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 3:50 PM
  Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] English to Hebrew?


  BIBLICAL Hebrew came first

  Shoshanna


  >
  He ist absolutely right. We are to perceive Ancient Hebrew as a 
  historical language - avtually there is no contemporary speaker of 
  that language anymore. And as far as BIBLICAL Hebrew is concerned it 
  is important to keep in mind that it is an artificial language, 
  mixing up several synchronic and diachronic different layers 
  (registers, dialects and so on). So, what is BIBLICAL Hebrew to 
  speak? See, for instance, Edward Ullendorf's important studies "Is 
  Biblical Hebrew a language?" and other papers in his: Is Biblical 
  Hebrew a language?, Wiesbaden 1977, and, more recently, E.A.Knauf, 
  War "Biblisch-hebräisch" eine Sprache? Empirische Gesichtspunkte zur 
  linguistischen Annäherung an die Sprache der althebräischen 
  Literatur: ZAH 3 (1990) 11-23.
  Because there is no one to speak to who has a native speaker's 
  competence in Biblical Hebrew, there is neither a sound reason to 
  translate a paragraph of any language into Biblical Hebrew nor a 
  chance to learn anything from that lest that we are ignorant.

  Reinhard G. Lehmann
  Academical Director
  Forschungsstelle für althebräische Sprache
  Johannes Gutenberg-University of Mainz

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