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  • From: Martin Shields <enkidu AT bigpond.net.au>
  • To: b-hebrew Hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] UK Report: Archaeological Find Confirms Hebrew Text of Jeremiah
  • Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2007 16:46:04 +1000

Gary,

Mine was intended to be a rhetorical question. Aside from different languages, there are problems reconstructing vocalisation of the languages involved, one of the languages (Hebrew) didn't preserve most vowel sounds, and so on. Further complicating matters, it seems probable that there were some dialectical variations within the languages involved such that vocalisation varied depending upon the speaker. So it seemed to me that asserting that the names are spelled differently is ultimately meaningless, hence my original comment!

This should not detract from the import of the find (although I'm surprised they described it as of a similar size to a 10-pack of cigarettes rather than as about the size of an iPhone...).

Martin Shields,
Sydney, Australia.

On 12/07/2007, at 4:14 PM, Gary Hedrick wrote:

Although the article does mention a difference in "spelling,"
perhaps it's easier to think of it as a difference in vocalization. In
transliteration, a word in one language is expressed phonetically using
another language's characters. Ideally, it comes out in the other language
sounding at least roughly like it did in the original. But in this case,
there are slight yet distinct differences in vocalization, although the
similarity is close enough to make the match unmistakable (Nebo- Sarsekim vs.
Nabu-sharrussu-ukin).

Gary Hedrick
San Antonio, Texas USA

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Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] UK Report: Archaeological Find Confirms Hebrew Text
of Jeremiah

An interesting find, but how could the name not be "spelled
differently" when one is written in Hebrew and the other in Akkadian?

Martin Shields,
Sydney, Australia.

On 12/07/2007, at 3:37 PM, Gary Hedrick wrote:

Listers, here’s an interesting story from today’s issue
of the
Daily Telegraph in the UK. It suggests that a recent archaeological
discovery from 2,500 years ago may substantiate the existence of a
minor
character mentioned in the Hebrew text of Jeremiah 39. But the
spelling of
the name in the recently-discovered inscription is slightly
different from
the name as it appears in the MT. Interesting report, nonetheless.
Regards
to all.



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