“The various systems of accentuation and vocalization introduced into the text of the Bible by the Masoretes had started to develop by about the sixth or seventh century CE. As is well known, from the the tenth century one such… — Angel Sáenz-Badillos Copy Share Image
“There have been various attempts to reconstruct the vocalization and pronunciation of classical biblical Hebrew, which certainly differs considerably from that established by the… — Angel Sáenz-Badillos Copy Share Image
“... before the tenth century Hebrew writing, like Phoenician, was purely consonantal, and it was halfway though the ninth century BCE, under the influence… — Angel Sáenz-Badillos Copy Share Image
“The formation of a unified standard (biblical) text probably also involved the elimination of terms and structures that were too archaic to be understood… — Angel Sáenz-Badillos Copy Share Image
“The number of vowel phonemes varies according to the different Masoretic traditions.” — Angel Sáenz-Badillos Copy Share Image
“Over a quarter of the words in the Bible appear just once, and of these no less than 289 belong to roots used only… — Angel Sáenz-Badillos Copy Share Image
“The language of archaic biblical poetry has obvious connexions with the poetry of the Canaanite north.” — Angel Sáenz-Badillos Copy Share Image
“Phoenician writing is a continuation of the Proto-Canaanite system, and from these developed the Palaeo-Hebrew script (c. 800 BCE) and the Aramaic script (c. 700 BCE), which was adopted by Hebrew after Babylonian exile.” — Angel Sáenz-Badillos Copy Share
“The prevailing hypothesis continues to be that the Palestinian tradition is earlier than the Tiberian, although, under the influence of the latter, it developed… — Angel Sáenz-Badillos Copy Share Image
“Expressions used almost exclusively in poetry ... tend to be concentrated in the oldest biblical texts. Generally, it may be said that these items… — Angel Sáenz-Badillos Copy Share Image
“... Ugarit ... in contrast to later Canaanite languages, there is no article.” — Angel Sáenz-Badillos Copy Share Image
“The nature of the data we possess suggests we value each and every tradition rather than creating a dichotomy between the normative tradition and… — Angel Sáenz-Badillos Copy Share Image
“According to Paul Kahle's well-known thesis, the Masoretic, especially the Tiberian, system of punctuation is not simply a representation of how Hebrew was actually… — Angel Sáenz-Badillos Copy Share Image
