where is the boundary line? between fact ... and faith?
is the archeological and textual record implying hebrew as a language of 882
b.c., or the language of 882 b.c., judah?
regards,
fred burlingame
On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 3:40 PM, Randall Buth <randallbuth AT gmail.com> wrote:
> > Re: continuum of dialects (fred burlingame)
> > very interesting indeed;
> > that faith, not fact, dictates whether hebrew, hurrian, hittite or some
> > other language was spoken & written in hebron ... in 882 b.c.
>
> Actually, there is archaeological evidence and textual evidence, though
> sparse.
>
> For example, there was a conference yesterday at Bar Ilan dedicated to
> Hanan Eshel, where Aharon Dempsky interpreted the pieces of this
> evidence regarding literacy, though referring the audience to his
> published works for fuller discussion.
>
> Randall Buth
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