Biblical Hebrew Forum

["James Spinti" <JSpinti AT Eisenbrauns.com>]

James,

It seems that everything I send you becomes an endorsement of your
theory. How can that be? And it is not just my comments, but those of
others. How can every critique suddenly become another endorsement?

I am going to bow out of this discussion, as I feel that it isn't going
anywhere. It reminds me of some other discussions that go on ad nauseam
here about patriarchal narratives.

James 
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-----Original Message-----
From: James Christian [mailto:jc.bhebrew AT googlemail.com] 
Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 10:43 AM
To: James Spinti
Cc: b-hebrew
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] GAGA Hebrew ?! (was Perception . . .)

Every system is ambiguous. That's my whole point! It's impossible to
make one that is unambigous because it is impossible to discern the
beginnings and ends of perceived sounds. This is why sliding window
techniques work best. 

The point here is 'What level of perception was at play when they
implemented this ambiguous system?' Was it the syllable level or was it
the consonant vowel level? That's the question.

James Christian

2010/1/22 James Spinti <JSpinti AT eisenbrauns.com>



        James,
        
        Are you aware of the multi-valency of cuneiform symbols? The
same symbol
        can represent many sounds; that is one of the reasons it took
quite some
        time for Akkadian to be deciphered.
        
        James
        ________________________________
        James Spinti
        Marketing Director, Book Sales Division
        Eisenbrauns, Good books for more than 30 years
        Specializing in Ancient Near Eastern and Biblical Studies
        jspinti at eisenbrauns dot com
        Web: http://www.eisenbrauns.com
        Phone: 574-269-2011 ext 226
        Fax: 574-269-6788
        

        -----Original Message-----
        From: b-hebrew-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org
        [mailto:b-hebrew-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of James
Christian
        Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 10:32 AM
        To: Randall Buth
        Cc: Hebrew
        Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] GAGA Hebrew ?! (was Perception . . .)
        
        P.P.S. Your data from Akkadian only shows neighbouring people
working at
        the
        same level of perception. That of the level of the syllable. The
fact
        that
        they discerned more is not indicative of the perception of those
who
        implemented the Hebrew alphabet. It just shows that the two
groups
        perceived
        a different number of unique syllables at a level high enough to
be
        worth
        encoding the difference. Again. The sooner you acknowledge this
the
        sooner
        we can start having a serious linguistic discussion.
        
        James Christian
        
        <snip>
        
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