Biblical Hebrew Forum

[K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>]

Yitzhak:

Apparently you didn’t read my responses, neither to Jim Stinehard nor as a
response to the moderators’ call for suggestions: I have now made it a
policy for myself that if a message extends to more than two to three
screens on my computer, I would neither read it nor respond to it. This
message from you extended five screens, therefore I didn’t read it.

But on a more general note, you have made certain claims concerning the
development of spelling in Biblical Hebrew, but you have yet to give any
examples to back up your claims. I am not asking for complete books, nor
even complete chapters, just an image or two that would demonstrate your
claims. Stoney is right, publishing a complete book, chapter or even page is
copyright violation, but publishing an image with your own commentary is
fair use, i.e. allowed. I suspect you don’t have any Hebrew examples, only
those from cognate languages; those I have already rejected for reasons
already given. I have photographs of both the Gezar calendar and the Siloam
inscription, neither of which back up your claims. So which Hebrew
inscriptions are there that do support your claims?

Karl W. Randolph.