Thursday, July 21, 2022

"The Development of the Biblical Hebrew Vowels" (Link for Doctoral Dissertation)

 See https://scholarlypublications.universiteitleiden.nl/handle/1887/43120

The dissertation was published in 2016, and has since been published in book form.

7 comments:

Duncan said...

Certainly a subject I would avoid for a dissertation. I would think that any new player in the field is open to get pulled to pieces on the basis of scholarly opinions rather than facts.

I still like to say - "until we find Moses tape recorder".

See last paragraph on page 21.

This is why I do not use Arabic as a guide. I am very wary of diachronic order of supposed cognates and whether they are genuine cognates.

See:- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuneiform#Transliteration

Have you seen that authors latest attempt:-

https://scholarlypublications.universiteitleiden.nl/handle/1887/3285162?solr_nav%5Bid%5D=3c9994d7742a61579f48&solr_nav%5Bpage%5D=0&solr_nav%5Boffset%5D=0

Edgar Foster said...

I think the general view of his work has been positive or it's been taken quite seriously, but there will be criticisms, no matter what the dissertation is about.

Pairing cognates has its difficulties, but some cognates seem pretty well established.

https://scholarlypublications.universiteitleiden.nl/handle/1887/3285162?solr_nav%5Bid%5D=3c9994d7742a61579f48&solr_nav%5Bpage%5D=0&solr_nav%5Boffset%5D=0

Thanks for providing the link for Suchard's other work. I had not seen that one.

Duncan said...

Was that supposed to be a different link?

Edgar Foster said...

I think you posted the right link; it's Suchard's work on Daniel and loanwords.

Duncan said...

You posted the same link?

Duncan said...

"While the Neogrammarian hypothesis itself is not without problems, Suchard’s work ably brings this perspective to bear on the text of the Hebrew Bible for scholars in the field." - https://cbs.mbts.edu/2020/10/22/book-notice-the-development-of-the-biblical-hebrew-vowels/

Edgar Foster said...

I see what you're saying now. I did post the same link though that was not my intent. It was supposed to be a different link that illustrated how scholars have responded to Suchard's dissertation and his subsequent book. But the comment you posted about his book echoes what others have said elsewhere.