Biblical Hebrew Forum

[David Steinberg <david.l.steinberg AT rogers.com>]

I have been working on ancient Hebrew poetry (see Biblical Hebrew Poetry 
and Word Play - Reconstructing the Original Oral, Aural and Visual 
Experience <http://www.houseofdavid.ca/anc_heb.htm> 
http://www.houseofdavid.ca/anc_heb.htm ) and came across Wolfgang 
Richter's enormous /Biblia Hebraica transcripta/ series. The only 
problem I have had in understanding his reconstruction of the biblical 
texts is due to some of the various signs he has used and his handling 
of gemination.

He wrote a series of books in German outlining his approach. However, at 
the beginning of his volume on Genesis he boiled it down into a few pages.

My German is non-existent so I asked two native German speakers to 
translate the key points. One was a journalist and the other and 
academic librarian. They both said that they could not really understand 
his terminology.

Does anyone know of an English guide to Richter's symbols and methods?

David Steinberg

Tel. 613-731-5964

http://www.houseofdavid.ca/

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