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  • From: K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>
  • To: fred burlingame <tensorpath AT gmail.com>
  • Cc: B-Hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] the intended consumer of biblical hebrew language
  • Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2010 12:37:57 -0700

Fred:

On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 10:16 AM, fred burlingame <tensorpath AT gmail.com>wrote:

> An interesting theory, the secular nature of the biblical hebrew language;
> but one bereft of factual support. Indeed, the sole witness to the language
> includes a highly religious document, aka the masoretic text; and its dead
> sea scrolls fragmentary predecessor. The internal testimony of that
> document
> further confirms the intended religious nature of the language itself,
> given
> the announced purpose of the nation writing the language.
>
> ואתם תהיו לי ממלכת כהנים וגוי קדוש
>
> שמות 19:6
>

If your theory is correct that literacy was connected to the ruler classes,
then this verse assumes universal literacy, as the whole nation was counted
among the ruler classes.

>
> regards,
>
> fred burlingame
>
> Karl W. Randolph.




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