Subject: [b-hebrew] primitivization of language english
Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 22:03:56 -0800
> the biblical hebrew language, was its masoretic
> text, created or intended for use and/or consumption by the general
> population; by other than a relatively few highly trained scribes?
this one's easy: the general population.
Go listen to a shabbat morning reading where the particular, traditional
intonation system is regularly used. listen to any bar-mistvah at that
synagogue.
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Randall Buth, PhD
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