At 02:52 PM 3/19/2003 -0600, Daryl F. Jefferies wrote:
>Jim,
>
>M.V. Fox lists "...in a continuum from ingrained moral defect and
>unchangeability to relative innocence and improvability": 'ewil,
>letz, kesil, hasar leb, ba'ar, and peti (Anchor Bible, Prov. 1-9, pp.
>38-39). I'm not sure which one is used for senility...
>
Actually, none. "Senility" comes from the Latin and means "old age". In
Hebrew (as in other ANE cultures), age (ziqnah) was taken for wisdom, not
foolishness or forgetfulness. Modern Hebrew was forced to adopt the English
(pronounced "seniliyut").
The "senility" comment was in reference to Jim's original post (an
attempt at humor), i.e.,
> > im slipping into senility and can only recall 3 words normally used in
> > proverbs for fool- letz, kesil, and pethi. what am i forgetting?
But since you mentioned it, is there no recognition of the slipping
of faculties with age in the HB? The DSS take into account the loss
of abilities as people age. Maybe someone on the list has looked
into biblical attitudes towards aging...
Daryl Jefferies
>At 02:52 PM 3/19/2003 -0600, Daryl F. Jefferies wrote:
>>Jim,
>>
>>M.V. Fox lists "...in a continuum from ingrained moral defect and
>>unchangeability to relative innocence and improvability": 'ewil,
>>letz, kesil, hasar leb, ba'ar, and peti (Anchor Bible, Prov. 1-9, pp.
>>38-39). I'm not sure which one is used for senility...
>>
>
>Actually, none. "Senility" comes from the Latin and means "old age". In
>Hebrew (as in other ANE cultures), age (ziqnah) was taken for wisdom, not
>foolishness or forgetfulness. Modern Hebrew was forced to adopt the English
>(pronounced "seniliyut").
>
>Yigal
>
>
>Dr. Yigal Levin
>Dept. of Philosophy and Religion
>University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
>615 McCallie Avenue
>Chattanooga TN 37403-2598
>U.S.A.
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