Counting and Weighing: On the Role of Intuition in Philology and Linguistics

Martin Gustaf Ehrensvärd; Robert Rezetko; Ian Young

doi:https://doi.org/10.25159/2663-6573/8180

Counting and Weighing: On the Role of Intuition in Philology and Linguistics

Martin Gustaf Ehrensvärd, Robert Rezetko, Ian Young

Section of Biblical Exegesis

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The intuition of established scholars often holds them back from appreciating revolutionary advances in the understanding of how biblical texts evolved and how to view their language in that context. Kuhn’s theory of paradigm shifts helps elucidate the current debate regarding the linguistic dating theories of Avi Hurvitz and others. We discuss these linguistic dating theories and use Richard Friedman’s book on the exodus as an example of the old paradigm. We then juxtapose it with the emerging paradigm that is founded on more robust data collection and analysis.

Translated title of the contribution	Tælle og vurdere: Intuitionens rolle i filologi og lingvistik
Original language	English
Journal	Journal for Semitics
Volume	29
Issue number	2
Number of pages	10
ISSN	1013-8471
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.25159/2663-6573/8180
Publication status	Published - 8 Dec 2020

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