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Re: [b-hebrew] continuum of dialects

From: Yigal Levin <leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il>
To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] continuum of dialects
Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2011 05:19:50 +0200

Uzi, please remember to sign your full name.

Yigal Levin

Co-moderator, B-Hebrew

From: Uzi Silber [mailto:uzisilber AT gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2011 11:18 PM
To: fred burlingame
Cc: leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il; b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] continuum of dialects

Remember that Isaiah himself refers to Hebrew as 'sfat knaan', implying that
Hebrew was the tongue of not merely Israelite/Judahites/Jews but of all
those Peoples who lived in the area known as Canaan (and presumably its
immediate environs excepting Aramaic).

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Regards,

Uzi

Re: [b-hebrew] continuum of dialects , (continued)