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[Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>]

Peter,

I love it: "probably most people on this list are not at all  
interested in what Gesenius personally believed. We are much more  
interested in what is the correct understanding of biblical Hebrew".

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On Jun 7, 2007, at 11:26 AM, Peter Kirk wrote:

> On 07/06/2007 15:44, JoeWallack AT aol.com wrote:
> > ... And, as the Brits say. "the cruncher", Gesenius says:
> >
> >
> >
> > "As to the instances which I formerly brought forward in  
> > contradiction to
> >
> > this (Lehrg. p.655), they may be explained as follows"
> >
> >
> >
> > So, in the words of Earnest in the classic The Importance of  
> > Being  Earnest,
> >
> > when it was revealed at the very end that his name really was   
> > Earnest, "As I
> >
> > said.""
> >
> > JW:
> > So it appears to me that Gesenius was publishing on the subject of  
> > Hebrew
> > grammar
> > before knowing the proper usage of the Hebrew Definite article. I  
> > think of
> > that as
> > "embarrassing". If you can think of a better adjective though I'm  
> > open to
> > suggestions.
> >
> > Joseph
> Well, Joseph, I congratulate you on your careful exegesis of the words
> of Gesenius, although you would do better to work with the original
> German texts rather than with translations. You are clearly a
> significant student of the history of the thought of this thinker from
> nearly 200 years ago. But, to be honest, I and probably most people on
> this list are not at all interested in what Gesenius personally
> believed. We are much more interested in what is the correct
> understanding of biblical Hebrew.
>
> --
> Peter Kirk
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