Re: Hebrew and tradition

Dr. Joel M. Hoffman wrote:
>
> >He also deals brilliantly with the LXX, Secunda, DSS, and even the very
> >early epigraphic material. I would recommend both _A History of the Hebrew
> >Language_ and _In the Beginning: A Short History of the Hebrew Language_.
>
> Thank you. Actually, one of my disappointments about the book is its
> title, which wrongly suggests that it is an abridged version of
> Saenz-Badillos's book. (Mr. Daniels, please try to resist the
> temptation to say something nasty in response to this.) Some of the
> material the two books cover is the same, but I think they also
> complement each other nicely.
>
> >And just btw, your original notion that the book is worseless because you
> >"opened it at random in a bookstore and found the
> >assertion that Ugaritic has a vowel /e/" is just factually in error. He
> >never says that.
>
> No, I don't. But that isn't really the point with some people.

If the publisher had bothered to send me a copy, I would have some idea
of whether the mistakes had generally been corrected.

I have a feeling that the misstatement about Ugaritic appeared on p. 43.
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Peter T. Daniels grammatim@xxxxxxx
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