Biblical Hebrew Forum

[K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>]

Isaac:

Reason is not evidence.

Reason works in math, not linguistics.

The evidence indicates that King David would be hard pressed to understand a single sentence in spoken modern Hebrew.

Karl W. Randolph.

On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 1:24 PM, Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu> wrote:

It totally stands to reason that king David spoke modern Hebrew (No WAYIQTOLs) to wives and children.

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On Dec 17, 2012, at 4:10 PM, K Randolph wrote:

Isaac:

Just because Biblical Hebrew is a different language than the modern Hebrew that you speak doesn’t mean that it was never spoken. Since you’re making the claim, where’s your evidence that it never was spoken?

Karl W. Randolph.

On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 12:49 PM, Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu> wrote:

We are still waiting for your evidence that biblical Hebrew was ever spoken.

---IF

On Dec 17, 2012, at 3:26 PM, K Randolph wrote:

to interview a native speaker during Biblical times, would we have found such an overwhelming use of Wayyiqtols in historical narrative