Expertise in Greek

[Stephen Carlson]

At this point, maybe one should post directions for the B-Hebrew forum (assuming it's still active).

[Barry Hofstetter]

συλλυπουμένου μου ἐπὶ τῇ σου δυστυχίᾳ οὐκ οίδας ὅτι ἡ ἀριθμητικὴ ἡ γλῶσσά έστιν τοῦ θεοῦ;

οὐδαμῶς! Ῥωμαῖα δὲ τοῦ οὐρναοῦ ἐστι γλῶσσα. ἡ μὲν ἀριθμητικὴ τοῖς κυσίν ἐστι. εἰρωνικόν δέ ἐστι ὅτι Ἑλληνιστὶ τοῦτο ἔγραψα...

[Barry Hofstetter]

At this point, maybe one should post directions for the B-Hebrew forum (assuming it's still active).

http://bhebrew.biblicalhumanities.org

[Jason Hare]

Jason,
I have a long article on this in the Verbless Clause in BH volume (1999?). gadol ha-bayit has fronted 'gadol' for pragmatic effect.

I'm going to read your article now, which I see you have posted on your website.

Thanks.