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Re: [b-hebrew] Hebrew as a holy language

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  • From: "Sarah J. Blake" <sarah AT growingstrong.org>
  • To: "James Read" <J.Read-2 AT sms.ed.ac.uk>, <JimStinehart AT aol.com>
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org, George.Athas AT moore.edu.au
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Hebrew as a holy language
  • Date: Thu, 21 May 2009 11:37:24 -0400
uoting Jim S.:

(c) Linguistics proves the case. Biblical Hebrew is a virgin pure west
Semitic language. Biblical Hebrew is not a modified east Semitic language.

Hebrew grammars classify it as a Northwest Semitic language. For reference:

Christo H.J. van der Merwe, Jackie A. Naudé, and Jan H. Kroeze. A Biblical Hebrew Reference Grammar (Sheffield Academic Press, 1999).



Also, an online chart:



http://www.sron.nl/~jheise/akkadian/semitic.html






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