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  • From: dwashbur AT nyx.net
  • To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Where Is Jacob's Ladder?
  • Date: Fri, 09 Nov 2007 09:59:27 -0800



On 9 Nov 2007 at 9:57, JimStinehart AT aol.com wrote:

>
> Yigal Levin:
> 1. You wrote: "I agree that the story looks like it's talking about
> Jacob's first night
> of his journey...."
> Thank you so very, very much for that. That issue was the primary reason I
> started this thread. I myself see that as primarily being an issue of
> Biblical Hebrew grammar and word usage, and as such as being a proper
> topic for
> this fine b-Hebrew list. I am delighted that an expert in Biblical Hebrew
> like
> you is reading Genesis 28: 10-11 the same way that I read it.
> Based on the two fine posts by Dave Washburn on this thread, it appears
> that
> the main basis for taking a contrary view would be if one places reliance
> on
> the medieval Masoretic pointing system. Since my entire theory of the case
> is that the Patriarchal narratives are a truly ancient document, naturally
> I
> give little credence to the medieval Masoretic pointing system in
> interpreting
> the Patriarchal narratives.

Here we go again; I did not say this. I mentioned that the Masoretic
pointing was somewhat
at odds with your translation, nothing more. I also pointed out that, with
or without the
pointing, the grammar of the clause supports the translation "a certain
place" which you
reject. Hence, your view is at odds with the actual grammar of the passage.
NOTHING is
based on "reliance on the medieval Masoretic pointing system." It's based on
grammar,
nothing more, nothing less.

Dave Washburn
Why do it right when you can do it again?




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