Biblical Hebrew Forum

[fred burlingame <tensorpath AT gmail.com>]

Hello George:

I agree with your comments.

I believe that the average 1010 b.c., illiterate "ivrim" probably enjoyed a
better understanding of the torah central message and purpose, than the
average 2010 a.d., highly literate "haredim."

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3975647,00.html

regards,

fred burlingame

On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 3:24 PM, George Athas 
<George.Athas AT moore.edu.au>wrote:

> I don’t see how your conclusion flows from the data, Fred. Just because
> people cannot write doesn’t mean they don’t get subtleties in the language
> they use every day. Quite the opposite. As native speakers of Hebrew, they
> would have been far quicker on the uptake than all of us.
>
>
> *GEORGE ATHAS
> **Moore Theological College (Sydney, Australia)
> *www.moore.edu.au
>
>