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  • From: fred burlingame <tensorpath AT gmail.com>
  • To: K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] the little things
  • Date: Sat, 6 Nov 2010 19:37:48 -0500

Hello Karl:

Thanks for your comments.

You could be right, but I have a different opinion of the facts.

i. The amount of time invested in biblical hebrew by the posters here;

ii. the countless posts offered here in unrelated threads by others and
concerning subtle aspects of the language;

iii. and the language itself,

iv. renders the conclusions (that you question below), reasonable, imho.

And i believe the factual record shows that the hebrew language over time:

a. more akin to a continuous interstate highway 40;

b. and as opposed to an isolated city of atlanta, followed by
another isolated city of st. louis, and followed by another discrete city of
los angeles.
regards,

fred burlingame
On Sat, Nov 6, 2010 at 3:57 PM, K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com> wrote:

> Fred:
>
> On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 8:21 PM, fred burlingame <tensorpath AT gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Hello Karl:
>>
>>
>> The unanimous opinion today seems to be; that the biblical hebrew language
>> represents a wonderful creation of exceptional depth
>>
>
> Where do you get this idea?
>
>
>> ... but now resting comfortably in a museum for all to see and study.
>>
>
> And this idea?
>
> I don’t know anyone on this list or elsewhere who holds to either idea
> above.
>
> Time and time again my responses have been that your ideas are a little bit
> strange.
>
>>
>> When I read abraham's biography below however; and when i listen to his
>> tape recordings of his reading the language ...; it just doesn't sound like
>> he treated the language as a museum piece; but rather, he had the language
>> out on the playing field of his life ... and in actual use as a
>> communication tool. It sounds like abraham and biblical hebrew equal: fish
>> in water; bird in air; glove and hand.
>>
>
> Hebrew spoken from about 1500–600 BC just happens to be the language that
> Tanakh was written in. Other languages could have been used, but weren’t.
>
> If someone wants to understand Beowulf accurately, one should learn
> Anglo-Saxon from about 800 AD, or Elizabethan English if one wants to
> understand Shakespeare deeply, So likewise, if one wants to understand
> Tanakh to the greatest depth, learn Biblical Hebrew. Just as there are about
> 500 words that have dropped out of use or changed meaning since Shakespeare
> (saw this in an introductory of a modern translation) not counting subtle
> changes in grammar, so later Hebrews have changed, and may give an incorrect
> understanding.
>
>>
>> regards,
>>
>> fred burlingame
>>
>>
>> Karl W. Randolph.
>
>




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