Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Uri Hurwitz <uhurwitz AT yahoo.com>]

 Hello James,

 You wrote, inter alia:

"The simple facts of the matter are that Hebrew is a dead language."

 My suggestion to you is to take a look at even a most elementary 
introduction to Hebrew and its history. You'll be suprised.

 Keep in mind that there is a difference between a spoken langauage and a 
language which is in use. If it is, it cannot be considered 'dead'.

 Since you are in the UK, may I mention as an example that some documents 
were written there in Hebrew in the Middle Ages, before the expulsion of the 
Jews.

  You may discover those on Google or through a specialist. I'm away from my 
books for a while. Anyway, this is truly outside the scope of this list.

  Uri Hurwitz                         At present  Wilmington VT