Subject: Re: Tense and Aspect --- formerly b-Hebrew digest
Date: Sat, 5 Dec 1998 18:19:54 -0500
[bryan wrote:]
we can't "immerse" in a finite corpus of Semitic,
written-only texts to the degree and in the manner necessary to condition
our way to this knowledge. **besides which, we wouldn't want to if we
could!** do any of us study Semitic texts for pleasure' sake only?[end
bryan]
i disagree.
one nice aspect of the SBL last month -- in disneyworld--
"if you can dream it you can do it"
if you can teach a modern language in an artificial setting, then you can
teach BH in an artificial setting.