Interesting indeed, to witness the language evolution:
a. from 10th century b.c., isolated song of moses and song of deborah
(separated by narrative text);
b. to 10th century a.d., large set of scrolls becoming entirely song.
regards,
fred burlingame
On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 3:09 AM, George Athas <George.Athas AT moore.edu.au>wrote:
> To follow on from Paul’s comments, the pausal form is part of the
> cantillation system and this relates more to how the text was chanted by the
> Masoretes than how the words were pronounced in antiquity.
>
>
> GEORGE ATHAS
> Moore Theological College (Sydney, Australia)
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