Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>]

I agree.

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On Aug 3, 2010, at 8:01 AM, Rolf Furuli wrote:

> But we must remember that Classical Hebrew grammar and phonology,  
> as we understand them today, are based on induction and indirect  
> evidence and includes a lot of scholarly guesswork.  We also see a  
> clear tendency in monographs, textbooks, and reference works  
> discussing ancient phonology, grammar, and lexical semantics to  
> repeat what others have said without checking their conclusions  
> thoroughly.