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From: "Charles David Isbell" <cisbell AT cox.net>
> Nor do I understand the beating you and Karl give the poor Massoretes.
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> Charles
Dear Charles:
What???
I dont think disagreeing with the
Masoretes equals beating up on them. As for
my personal opinion, I think they did a
bang up job with the materials that they
had. Where I disagree with them, it is
where I think the traditions for
pronunciations no longer reflect the
original pronunciation of Biblical Hebew
and/or the specific maaning of a passage.
These traditions predate the Masoretes by
centuries, some close to a millennium.
Dont blame the Masoretes for faithfully
recording something that was not of their
making.
Karl W. Randolph.
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