Biblical Hebrew Forum

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

Thanks for trying but this is not what I class as evidence. My basic  
opinion is that if you wish to be taken seriously in a discussion then  
you need to provide primary data which back up your assertions. Citing  
secondary sources as an authority just doesn't cut any ice around here.

James Christian


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

> uoting Jim S.:
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> > (c)  Linguistics proves the case.  Biblical Hebrew is a virgin pure west
> > Semitic language.  Biblical Hebrew is not a modified east Semitic language.
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> Hebrew grammars classify it as a Northwest Semitic language. For reference:
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> Christo H.J. van der Merwe, Jackie A. Naudé, and Jan H. Kroeze. A
> Biblical Hebrew Reference Grammar (Sheffield Academic Press, 1999).
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> Also, an online chart:
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> http://www.sron.nl/~jheise/akkadian/semitic.html
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> Sarah J. Blake
> Personal email: sjblake AT growingstrong.org
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