Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Arnaud Fournet" <fournet.arnaud AT wanadoo.fr>]

From: fred putnam

I'm not going to quibble about historical ascription; the lecture was 1786, 
the book was published in 1788. Thanks for the reference to Lyle Campbell's 
essay; there is, however, a reason for the common ascription to Jones 
position in this field (even allowing Campbell's long list of alleged 
"fathers/founders" (86) and quotation from Jager (88) aside). I do not know 
that reason.

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I suspect some nationalistic impulse to deprive the Dutch, the French and 
the Germans of any claim as initiators...

Many people tend to write the history of the field that best fits their own 
agenda.


Best

Arnaud Fournet