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Article #632923Re: Bible codes
From: Greg Hartman
Date: Sat, 13 Sep 1997 00:00
Date: Sat, 13 Sep 1997 00:00
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Jacob Love wrote: >regardless of what your religious position may be, there is no > doubt whatsoever that the Masoretic text which scribes *attempted* but > *failed* to precisely reproduce is based on an earlier text which had a > much more fluid system of spelling. Indeed, it is partially because of > the fluidity and ambiguity of Hebrew spelling that the Masoretic work > became necessary. Wrong, wrong, wrong! The Masoretes invented a form of vowel pointing to help standardize _pronunication_, NOT spelling. Ancient Hebrew had no vowels, so pronunciation WAs fluid, as you put it, but not the spelling. -- Christian Humor! http://christianhumor.miningco.com "Do We Have To Give Up Our Brains For Jesus?" http://www.aracnet.com/~ghartman/index.shtml Check the return address; you know the drill
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From: Greg Hartman <ghar...@deathtospam.aracnet.com> Subject: Re: Bible codes Date: 1997/09/13 Message-ID: <341B1AB1.6B78@deathtospam.aracnet.com> X-Deja-AN: 272231640 References: <34099d3c.37917176@news.inter.net.il> <01bcbfa4$86539e60$4334b9ce@juddesk> <5vc50l$165@srvr1.engin.umich.edu> <EGEv0s.Fn8.B.deputy@deshaw.com> <5vctpp$kld@srvr1.engin.umich.edu> Reply-To: ghar...@deathtospam.aracnet.com To: Jacob Love <jl...@engin.umich.edu> Organization: http://christianhumor.miningco.com Newsgroups: rec.org.mensa,sci.skeptic,sci.math,comp.misc,alt.folklore.science,alt.folklore.computers,alt.folklore.urban,soc.culture.jewish,talk.religion.misc,talk.religion.newage,alt.bible.prophecy,alt.atheism,alt.christnet MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit