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Re: [b-hebrew] continuum of dialects

From: "Arnaud Fournet" <fournet.arnaud AT wanadoo.fr>
To: "Yigal Levin" <leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il>, <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] continuum of dialects
Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2011 21:02:46 +0100

----- Original Message ----- From: "Yigal Levin" <leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il>
To: <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2011 8:48 PM
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] continuum of dialects

Fred, very few serious people, including the sages of the Talmud or the Medieval Jewish writers, have claimed that Hebrew was LINGUISTICALLY unique. On the contrary, they routinely cited parallels in related languages. Hebrew's status as a "holy tongue" is based on the belief that God chose to reveal his word in that language, perhaps even to create the world in it. But that belief is beyond the purview of this list.

Yigal Levin

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One of the most famous is Ben Quraysh:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judah_ibn_Kuraish

Arnaud Fournet

Re: [b-hebrew] continuum of dialects , (continued)
- Re: [b-hebrew] continuum of dialects, fred burlingame, 01/03/2011
  - Re: [b-hebrew] continuum of dialects, James Spinti, 01/04/2011
    - Re: [b-hebrew] continuum of dialects, Arnaud Fournet, 01/04/2011
      - Re: [b-hebrew] continuum of dialects, James Spinti, 01/04/2011
        
        Re: [b-hebrew] continuum of dialects, Arnaud Fournet, 01/04/2011
        
        Re: [b-hebrew] continuum of dialects, K Randolph, 01/04/2011
    - Re: [b-hebrew] continuum of dialects, fred burlingame, 01/04/2011
      - Re: [b-hebrew] continuum of dialects, K Randolph, 01/04/2011
        
        Re: [b-hebrew] continuum of dialects, fred burlingame, 01/04/2011
        
        Re: [b-hebrew] continuum of dialects, Yigal Levin, 01/04/2011
        
        Re: [b-hebrew] continuum of dialects, Arnaud Fournet, 01/04/2011
        
        Re: [b-hebrew] continuum of dialects, fred burlingame, 01/04/2011
        Re: [b-hebrew] continuum of dialects, Uzi Silber, 01/04/2011
        Re: [b-hebrew] continuum of dialects, fred burlingame, 01/04/2011
        
        Re: [b-hebrew] continuum of dialects, Yigal Levin, 01/04/2011
        
        Re: [b-hebrew] continuum of dialects, Yigal Levin, 01/04/2011
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        Re: [b-hebrew] continuum of dialects - thread closed, Yigal Levin, 01/05/2011
  - Re: [b-hebrew] continuum of dialects, Kevin Riley, 01/04/2011
    - Re: [b-hebrew] continuum of dialects, fred burlingame, 01/04/2011