From: "Nir cohen - Prof. Mat." <nir AT ccet.ufrn.br>
To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
Cc: James Spinti <JSpinti AT Eisenbrauns.com>
Subject: [b-hebrew] dagesh
Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 11:03:10 -0200
hi james,
i fully agree. much of his statements about akkadian and proto-semitic
apply to BH too, but it is exactly there where he prefers to draw
his imaginary line. i quote:
1. "Akkadian" is a reconstructed language for which we have no means
of independently appraising the veracity of the claims made about it...
2. "proto-semitic" is a polite way of saying long, long ago.
isaac probably believes that hebrew was abraham's mother tongue.
nir cohen
[b-hebrew] dagesh,
Nir cohen - Prof. Mat., 04/27/2011