To: "Moshe Shulman" <mshulman AT ix.netcom.com>, "Biblical Hebrew" <b-hebrew AT franklin.metalab.unc.edu>
Subject: RE: The OT?
Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2002 12:14:10 -0400
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Moshe Shulman [mailto:mshulman AT ix.netcom.com]
> Sent: Sun, August 25, 2002 11:26 AM
> To: Biblical Hebrew
> Subject: RE: The OT?
>
> I am not sure that Liz meant that seriously. (I sort of doubt
> it.) However
> the issue of what terms to use in discussion is important. It
> is like the
> BCE/BC discussion. I think her point was that in a University
> setting,
> where 'scholarship' is supposed to be going on using OT, when
> refering to
> the Hebrew text,is not accurate. Words like Tenach/OT have more of a
> religious context, and are non-neutral. On the other hand
> when in a Jewish
> context to refer to the 'OT' is not just insulting, but in a sense
> meaningless.
>
I think he's got it!
Liz