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Re: [b-hebrew] The use of the Yiqtol in Isaiah 1:21

From: Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>
To: Yitzhak Sapir <yitzhaksapir AT gmail.com>
Cc: B-Hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] The use of the Yiqtol in Isaiah 1:21
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 08:19:35 -0400

Yitzhak,

The question if Hebrew was "spoken" or not is irrelevant. Hebrew never ceased to be fully and thoroughly known to thousands, if not hundred of thousands if not millions of men, and therefore like Latin it never "died out".

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On Apr 23, 2009, at 5:47 AM, Yitzhak Sapir wrote:

There is no evidence that Hebrew ceased to be a natively spoken
language, and there is evidence it continued to exist until no earlier than the
2nd century CE

Re: [b-hebrew] Tense and aspect; was: "The use of " , (continued)
- Re: [b-hebrew] The use of the Yiqtol in Isaiah 1:21, Joseph Justiss, 04/22/2009
  - Re: [b-hebrew] The use of the Yiqtol in Isaiah 1:21, Yitzhak Sapir, 04/22/2009
    - Re: [b-hebrew] The use of the Yiqtol in Isaiah 1:21, K Randolph, 04/22/2009
      - Re: [b-hebrew] The use of the Yiqtol in Isaiah 1:21, Yitzhak Sapir, 04/23/2009
        
        Re: [b-hebrew] The use of the Yiqtol in Isaiah 1:21, Isaac Fried, 04/23/2009
        
        Re: [b-hebrew] The use of the Yiqtol in Isaiah 1:21, K Randolph, 04/23/2009
        
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        Re: [b-hebrew] Complexity and Dating of Hebrew Texts, K Randolph, 04/23/2009
        
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        Re: [b-hebrew] Complexity and Dating of Hebrew Texts, K Randolph, 04/24/2009
        Re: [b-hebrew] Complexity and Dating of Hebrew Texts, Yitzhak Sapir, 04/24/2009
        
        Re: [b-hebrew] The use of the Yiqtol in Isaiah 1:21, Yitzhak Sapir, 04/24/2009
        
        Re: [b-hebrew] The use of the Yiqtol in Isaiah 1:21, K Randolph, 04/24/2009