To: "'Arnaud Fournet'" <fournet.arnaud AT wanadoo.fr>
Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] HALOT Etymologies
Date: Sun, 5 Dec 2010 17:13:44 -0500
Come on, Arnaud. Let's let Jim choose to interpret Yigal's comment in a
positive light if he wants to. It doesn't hurt to have him feel good, does
it?
Paul Zellmer
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Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] HALOT Etymologies
From: <JimStinehart AT aol.com>
>
> Professor Yigal Levin:
>
> You wrote: “Who in the world said that HALOT was perfect? But as Isaac
> said, etymologies of names is often problematic. The names you list below
> are
> obviously not Hebrew. If you are now going to tell us that in Hurrian they
> all make sense and that they are all pinpoint accurate in the fourteenth
> century BCE, please don’t bother. We believe you.”
>
> That is the greatest compliment I ever got in my entire life.
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I read it as a polite though ironic request not to defend that point of
view...