Biblical Hebrew Forum

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

James,

I repeat. You teach Hebrew as though it was an Indo-European language  
of meaningless (word) patterns. By doing that you deny your student  
the understanding of the inner logic of the language.
Of course I am not offended by your "analysis" of my work. I clearly  
see that you did not understand yet what I am saying.

Isaac Fried, Boston University.

On Aug 28, 2007, at 6:23 PM, JAMES CHRISTIAN READ wrote:

> IF: I pity your students. You teach them Hebrew as though it was an  
> Indo-
> European language of meaningless patterns. Will they ever get to see
> its inner logic and beauty?
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> JCR: Hi. I hope my analysis of your work hasn't offended
> you in any way.
>
> Regards the beauty of the Hebrew text. Surely it's
> beauty is the message it gives and empowering a person to
> be able to read and understand that message would give
> them the skills to see that beauty.
>
> Are you suggesting that a student who does not accept
> your model of elements is not in a position to
> appreciate such beauty?
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> James Christian Read - BSc Computer Science
> http://www.lamie.org/hebrew       -  thesis1: concept driven  
> machine translation using the Aleppo codex
> http://www.lamie.org/lad-sim.doc  -  thesis2: language acquisition  
> simulation
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