Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Kevin Riley" <klriley AT alphalink.com.au>]

I am not sure anyone yet has that understanding.  If they do, they have not
yet shared it with us lesser mortals.  While popular texts present the
situation as basically one of there being three discrete systems, the
reality is much messier once you start looking deeper, and so much depends
on correctly placing and dating the system used in various manuscripts. I
find the story of the development of the systems and their influence on each
other fascinating, but it is easy to get lost in the details.  If anyone
were to write up the history of each, I would certainly be willing to read
it.  I have been re-reading Saenz-badillos' work and found the section on
Samaritan Hebrew (which I tended to skip or read through quickly in former
readings) interesting and when I get time must find some articles to bring
the story up to today.  I may even stumble upon information about other
systems while doing so :)

Kevin Riley
 
-------Original Message------- 
 
From: Yitzhak Sapir 
Date: 17/03/2009 6:02:13 PM 

 
 
I have been reading here about all kinds of variant vocalization systems, 
But unfortunately, while I have many resources at hand that touch on the 
Issue, I do not have an understanding that allows me to explain and suggest 
A consistent coherent and systematic explanation of the vocalizations. 
 
Yitzhak Sapir