Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Nir cohen - Prof. Mat." <nir AT ccet.ufrn.br>]

karl,

two short comments:

1) >>> The only contradictions I have seen to the above picture
have been religious (philosophical) and not linguistic,
therefore off topic for this list.

i have one objection which is not at all religious. i agree
with your comparison of, say, torah with ezrah/nehemias in
terms of literary quality, because you are comparing prose with
prose. I am not sure, though, that prose and poetry can be
measured on equal terms. Maybe your conclusion would be
somewhat different had you compared, for example, qohelet with
the songs of miryam (torah) or deborah (judges); or the prose
chapters in Jeremiah with the prose of genesis.

>>> De: K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com> Cópia: B-Hebrew
<b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org> Re: [b-hebrew] Words adopted into
Biblical Hebrew Vocabulary
>>> Not all the Biblical texts have authorship dates on them. Of
those that do have authorship dates, if one dates them
according to the claimed authorship dates, one can see a
literary stylistic progression from medium (Torah) to high
(prophets, Job), then suddenly low (post-Babylonian exile).
Within this broad outline, Kohelet clearly fits the high
literary style typified by the pre-Babylonian exile, kingdom
era Biblical literature.

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2. >>> If you see a modern book, e.g. *Challenge, a saga of the
Northwest* with the author listed as Olga Overn, are you
claiming that we cannot trust the author listing?

in the non-religious level, i refer you to the poem "tabacaria"
by the renowned portuguese poet alvaro de campos.
http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernando_Pessoa.
 other authorships have ended at the court yard.

in the religious literature, the verification of ANY authorship
is, ALWAYS, polemic and cannot be made basis for a general
consensus.

nir cohen