Schmuel
Again, who has written a scholarly article "these Masoretic
vowel-points are wrong"
that I could study? Not just an offhand flippant claim, but a
reasonably rigorous study.
HH: My experience over the years is that the points are to be
accepted, but very rarely there can be places where they seem to be
incorrect. Even conservative scholars like Keil and Delitzsch
occasionally note a pointing they think is not right. In the circles
I have been in, although inspiration is claimed for the letters, the
same inspiration is not granted to the pointing. Yet the pointed is
accepted as generally accurate, reflective of an ancient reading
tradition that goes back to about the time of Christ, and not to be
lightly treated.
Yours,
Harold Holmyard
Re: [b-hebrew] Masoretic vowel-points accuracy,
Harold R. Holmyard III, 01/01/2005