From: David Steinberg <david.l.steinberg AT rogers.com>
To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: [b-hebrew] Biblia Hebraica transcripta
Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 09:11:17 -0500
I have been working on ancient Hebrew poetry (see Biblical Hebrew Poetry
and Word Play - Reconstructing the Original Oral, Aural and Visual
Experience <http://www.houseofdavid.ca/anc_heb.htm>
http://www.houseofdavid.ca/anc_heb.htm ) and came across Wolfgang
Richter's enormous /Biblia Hebraica transcripta/ series. The only
problem I have had in understanding his reconstruction of the biblical
texts is due to some of the various signs he has used and his handling
of gemination.
He wrote a series of books in German outlining his approach. However, at
the beginning of his volume on Genesis he boiled it down into a few pages.
My German is non-existent so I asked two native German speakers to
translate the key points. One was a journalist and the other and
academic librarian. They both said that they could not really understand
his terminology.
Does anyone know of an English guide to Richter's symbols and methods?