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  • From: George Athas <George.Athas AT moore.edu.au>
  • To: B-Hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Practical comparison and separation of modern and biblical Hebrew
  • Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2011 11:54:09 +0000

I don't think the issue that you are hearing modern rather than biblical
Hebrew. Rather, the situation is that in the classroom you have to deal with
things in an immediate present setting. This makes for conversations in the
present that use predominantly the convention of participles. Most biblical
narratives, however, are not conversations in the present and, therefore, use
other syntactical arrangements and verb forms. So the issue is not the
difference between modern and ancient, but rather the difference between a
live class room and an ancient document.


GEORGE ATHAS
Director of Postgraduate Studies,
Moore Theological College (moore.edu.au)
Sydney, Australia





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