From: "C. Stirling Bartholomew" <jacksonpollock AT earthlink.net>
To: <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] weak verb reference
Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 11:10:33 -0800
On 2/27/05 11:00 AM, "Peter Kirk" <peterkirk AT qaya.org> wrote:
> The Mechon Mamre text is based on the Aleppo Codex, which is
> grammatically more regular. In principle the more regular form could
> occur because a later copyist has (consciously or unconsciously)
> corrected the pointing to a more regular form. But in this case the
> Aleppo version is more likely to be original because I think Leningrad
> is thought to be copied from Aleppo.
"Aleppo version is more likely to be original ... "
Peter,
What is the sense/referent of "original" here?
"Original" pointing sounds like a oxymoron.