Biblical Hebrew Forum

[David Steinberg <david.l.steinberg AT rogers.com>]

Karl
 I was surprised by your comment
>     Re sin/shin see Blau /Phonology and Morphology of Biblical Hebrew;
>     An Introduction <http://www.eisenbrauns.com/item/BLAPHONOL>/ sect
>     3.2. Roots such as shin-het-qof vs. sin-het-qof make it very
>     likely that the phonological shin vs sin was still made in
>     pre-exilic Hebrew
>
>
> That book is not available for my perusal.

This book is the only comprehensive diachronic study of Biblical Hebrew 
written since the /Bauer and Leander/ of the early 1920s. The author is 
one of the best Hebraists of the 20th century. Though this book is not 
without its weaknesses (see 
http://www.houseofdavid.ca/anc_heb_Blau_rev.htm ), the full range of 
material covered in it is absolutely fundamental knowledge for anyone 
who wishes to make knowledgeable comments on Biblical Hebrew historical 
linguistics. If I may say so, it is not a book to be "perused" but to be 
ingested and assimilated into one's fundamental knowledge and 
understanding. It is easily available to everyone either through 
purchase of through inter-library loan from your local library.

Regards

David Steinberg