Recently got the chance to speak on the "Exegetically Speaking" Podcast of Wheaton College / Lanier Theological Library. Here are some of my thoughts on the Hebrew of Nahum 1:
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The more I study the Book of Kings, the more I am convinced that this work is at its heart an exegesis of God's promise to David in 2 Sam 7:1-17 in light of the catastrophe of the Exile. It wrestles with the truth of God's Word as circumstances seem to deny its trustworthiness.
The graphemes of Ethiopian script aligned with the corresponding forms from Ancient South Arabian Script
And here are the base letter-forms compared with Ancient South Arabian script
Thank you for a great summary!
Just finished Aaron Hornkohl's 2023 'The Historical Depth of the Tiberian Reading Tradition of #Biblical #Hebrew' (👇 #OpenAccess). Full review forthcoming, but here's a few highlights for you. Hornkohl collects 25 cases where the reading tradition deviates from the consonantal text and finds: 1/7
This is the dictionary article I didn't know I needed to read today.
