From: "Christopher V. Kimball" <mail AT cvkimball.com>
To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Review of Alter's Translation
Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 11:54:19 -0400
I've read the review and was struck by the following assertion attributed
to Sáenz-Badillos:
(The vernacular vocabulary, according to the Spanish Hebrew scholar Angel
Sáenz-Badillos, must have exceeded the Biblesa lexicon so restricted
that it is hard to believe it could have served all the purposes of
quotidian existence in a highly developed society.)
Is the vocabulary too restricted for daily life in 6-th century BCE? Is it
restricted compared to other documents of the same period?