Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Garth Grenache <garthgrenache AT hotmail.com>]

Amen to all of that, Yitzhak!

Too much of that unscholarly garbage fills this list.
At times I find the garbage dominates.
It really puts me off sharing pearls on this list.

Garth.

> Additionally, [moderators ought rather to cut off] threads and posts
> criticizing comparative linguistics as inappropriate
> to the understanding of Hebrew, whether entirely or just by degree ("too 
> much
> use").  It is one thing to have a discussion of Biblical Hebrew on the 
> basis of
> standard linguistics, but it is another thing when every little
> concept in modern
> linguistics has to be re-established in long threads.  Those who don't 
> accept
> Modern Linguistics don't have to accept them, but this list is not the 
> place to
> debate the underlying concepts, or to intervene in every thread that makes 
> use
> of such concepts to say they don't agree.
> 
> Additional topics could include:
> 
> * That Biblical Hebrew was a CV language.
> * That vowels in Hebrew are really pronouns interspaced between the roots.
> * That reference to eminent scholars' views is faulty argumentation simply
> because the author avoids going to the library and dislikes the idea that he
> can't fully look up the quoted view without going to the library.
> * That someone on the list doesn't know Hebrew, even if he is a recognized
> scholar of Biblical Hebrew, and even if he is just a guy trying to grasp a 
> hold
> of the standard grammars.  This comes especially when it is voiced by those
> who failed to master the Hebrew grammar and vocalization and believe that
> rereading the Hebrew Bible a few dozen times without vocalization while it 
> is
> printed in "authentic" Old Hebrew font has given them a superior grasp of
> Hebrew compared to others on the list.
> 
> Yitzhak Sapir

                                          
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