Re: THEORY: Hebrew revival (was: THEORY: Irish, and language death)

--- "Thomas R. Wier" <trwier@...> wrote:
 Also,
> don't you think the very fact that Bible stories are
> so universally known, even by many nonreligious
> people,
> aids the young student on their first attempt at
> reading
> the original Biblical text?  As well known as
> Shakespeare
> is, most high school students couldn't tell you the
> ins
> and outs of _Titus Andronicus_ or _Timon of Athens_
> in the
> same way any child could tell you what happened to
> Samson
> and Delilah, or Moses and Pharaoh, or Noah and his
> Ark.
> I simply don't see how you can compare these two
> bodies
> of work.
>
I don't think your offering comparable texts even now.
 If you want to compare knowledge of three of the BEST
known stories in the Bible with two of Shakesperes
LEAST known plays (who some even think misattributed
to Shakespeare), I don't think that's fair.  Compare
Moses with Romeo and Juliet.  Compare Titus Andronicus
with Shagmar.

Adam

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