Loan words and OT Dating

Our very own Hank, from Think-Wink, linked to בלשנות (balshanut), which is a biblical linguistics blog, on the topic of loan words in the Hebrew Bible.  There the claim is made that:
Some scholars have argued that Biblical Hebrew was never a fully spoken language, but was an artificial literary language created by post-exilic scribes. For [...]


Links of the Day

John F. Hobbins over at Ancient Hebrew Poetry has a great little bit about the nature of confessional scholarship nestled in a great gut check post on the complegalitarian debate.

As a confessionally engaged biblical scholar, I have a bottom line: it should be possible to discuss the meaning of biblical texts with the intention of [...]


What is the Word of God?

What is the word of God?

The Bible in a reader’s native language which is faithful in message to the autographs
The autographs of biblical texts
The message behind texts we consider inspired
Jesus
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