Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Harold Holmyard <hholmyard3 AT earthlink.net>]

John,
> I'd like to add my voice to the chorus contemplating the creation of a new list.  IMHO, b-hebrew 
> has drifted from its original intent.  It has now largely become the "Use and misuse semitic 
> languages to argue about Biblical history" list instead of the "Ask questions about 
> Biblical Hebrew language and syntax" list.  B-greek is a wonderful example of a list that 
> has maintained its original focus on Biblical Greek language and syntax, largely due to the firm 
> but benign dictatorship of its moderator, Carl Conrad.
>
> So let me challenge the moderators.  Are you willing to exercise some discipline and return to 
> the original conception of the list?  Or should some of us simply form a new list (called 
> "Reformed B-Hebrew" or "B-Hebrew-Language") and switch our list memberships 
> accordingly?
>   

HH: I have not been following the discussions lately, but this thread 
title caught my eye. Your assumption is flawed concerning the original 
or essential purpose of B-Hebrew. There is nothing contrary to the list 
purposes to discuss biblical history in conjunction with semitic 
languages. The website is not supposed to limit itself to questions 
about biblical Hebrew language and syntax. Here is the first statement 
about the list when one goes to the website hosting it: "B-Hebrew is an 
e-mail conference of academic professionals, teachers, students, clergy 
and laity, people of any faith, devoted to a better understanding of the 
Hebrew Bible. As such we often discuss a variety of topics related to 
the Biblical languages, the history of the text and its study, the 
culture of the Ancient Near East, the literary analysis of the Hebrew 
Bible, and more."

You can see for yourself at:

http://www.ibiblio.org/bhebrew/

Yours,
Harold Holmyard


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