Mother tongue Quote by Angel Sáenz-Badillos

“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

“... 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

“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

“The number of vowel phonemes varies according to the different Masoretic traditions.”

— Angel Sáenz-Badillos

“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

“The language of archaic biblical poetry has obvious connexions with the poetry of the Canaanite north.”

— Angel Sáenz-Badillos

“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.…

— Angel Sáenz-Badillos

“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

“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

“... Ugarit ... in contrast to later Canaanite languages, there is no article.”

— Angel Sáenz-Badillos

“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

“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