Biblical Hebrew Forum

[James Read <J.Read-2 AT sms.ed.ac.uk>]

Hi,

Quoting "Sarah J. Blake" <sarah AT growingstrong.org>:

> For what it is worth, whether Jim's reasoning stands up to critical
> linguistic inquiry or not, this is not the first time I have encountered it.

I take it by 'Jim' you are referring to me? I don't think that this is  
my reasoning. I was just reporting something that may help ascertain  
where this belief came from.

> In non-scholarly literature, it is a quite popular assumption. It is worth
> asking where this assumption comes from (at least in my opinion).

That was the question I was attempting to provide information for.

James Christian


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