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  • From: K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>
  • To: Hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Why dagesh in nun of this form
  • Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 07:44:48 -0700

Randall:

On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 11:06 PM, Randall Buth<randallbuth AT gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> [Karl responded and doesn't want to engage Tiverian Hebrew.

And I already explained why.

> His second point about binyanim may mean that he has not
> internalized a Semitic language fully enough to get beyond his
> grammar-translation training. Let him become fluent in Arabic or Hebrew
> and then we can talk more to the point.

And how do YOU know anything about my fluency? We have never met.

> His point 3 apparently leaves
> the Second Temple prophets 'blowing smoke' if he doesn't think that
> they spoke Hebrew.

This is an out and out lie, as I have repeatedly claimed that they
spoke Hebrew. Even to you personally.

> It helps to see how truly multilingual cultures
> function. And let him explain the actual data in the development
> of mishnaic Hebrew in linguistically appropriate ways. ]
>
I don’t know Mishnaic Hebrew. At first I thought it a disadvantage,
but now I recognize that it is also an advantage, as I then can
internalize Biblical Hebrew without the distractions of Mishnaic and
later Hebrews.

> blessings
> Randall
>
> --
> Randall Buth, PhD
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> randallbuth AT gmail.com
> Biblical Language Center
> Learn Easily - Progress Further - Remember for Life

How do you expect to maintain your credibility in the face of such
obvious distortions as the above?

Karl W. Randolph.




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