Biblical Hebrew Forum

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Matthew,
Check out almost anything by Mitchell Dahood.  He was the champion of using 
cognates, 
and especially Ugaritic.  He wrote an article on the question of whether we 
should be using 
cognate languages or Qumran and the versions, but I can't remember the 
precise title of it.  
He goes into the rationales for those two approaches in some detail in it, so 
if you can find it 
you should be on your way to getting an answer to your question.

On 21 Oct 2008 at 19:56, Matthew Dent wrote:

> Does anybody know of a good starting point for understanding the reasoning 
> and rationale behind the use of cognate languages in the interpretation of 
> Biblical Hebrew?  It seems to be a generally agreed upon principle that 
> there is value in it, but I'd like to know the origin of the practice and 
> upon what assumptions it rests.  Any help is appreciated.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Matthew Dent



Dave Washburn
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