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To: reaganaut

Ok, that’ll work ... too many people studying modern Hebrew think they know Biblical Hebrew which is like trying to read Chaucer English vs modern English ...


27 posted on 07/05/2010 9:30:48 PM PDT by SkyDancer (A Kangaroo Is Loose In The Top Paddock)
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To: SkyDancer

Very true. Same for Greek.

BTW, I also read Old(e) and Middle English and I helped with a translation of a Vitae into modern English - THAT was fun.


29 posted on 07/06/2010 7:45:23 AM PDT by reaganaut (ex-mormon, now Christian - "I once was lost but now am found, was blind but now I see")
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To: SkyDancer

“Ok, that’ll work ... too many people studying modern Hebrew think they know Biblical Hebrew which is like trying to read Chaucer English vs modern English ...”

It’s a material change, but not as great as you would think.

This is because MH was essentially recreated as a modern language directly from the old language.


31 posted on 07/06/2010 10:12:17 AM PDT by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem.)
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