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Given that this site is for Q&A's about Judaism, it would seem appropriate that any Hebrew (or Aramaic) language questions should in some way connect with or originate in “source texts”. (I rea...
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#3: Post edited
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David
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2020-06-30T14:57:29Z (almost 4 years ago)
abbreviate "codidact" after checking with Art Of Code on discord :)
- Given that this site is for Q&A's about _Judaism_, it would seem appropriate that any Hebrew (or Aramaic) language questions should in some way connect with or originate in “source texts”. (I realize that begs the question: *which* texts!)
- Of the six broad sample questions posed by OP, I can imagine the first four...
- > 1. Is Modern Hebrew treated differently than Rabbinic, Mishnaic, Biblical Hebrew, etc.?
- > 1. Are other languages of the Jews, such as Aramaic, Yiddish, and Ladino, treated similarly?
- > 1. What about comparative Ancient Near Eastern linguistics?
- > 1. Are questions like "how does one conjugate this verb into this tense" on topic?
- ...could be related fairly readily to source texts, while the fifth...
- > \5. Are questions like "what does this Hebrew tattoo mean" on topic?
- ...might be more of a stretch (not impossible, but unlikely!). Probably the sixth:
- > \6. Are questions like "please translate this sentence into Hebrew" on topic?
- is the only one that is probably excluded altogether.
These would all be at home on a “Language & Linguistics” site, but that's not what Judaism.Codicact is.- (I may be misunderstanding the concept of “categories”, but I take it that a “category” is something like a post-type, whereas the issue of whether Hebrew-language-only questions are in scope is still a matter of Q&A that is related more to **tagging** than **categories** (I would have thought).)
- Given that this site is for Q&A's about _Judaism_, it would seem appropriate that any Hebrew (or Aramaic) language questions should in some way connect with or originate in “source texts”. (I realize that begs the question: *which* texts!)
- Of the six broad sample questions posed by OP, I can imagine the first four...
- > 1. Is Modern Hebrew treated differently than Rabbinic, Mishnaic, Biblical Hebrew, etc.?
- > 1. Are other languages of the Jews, such as Aramaic, Yiddish, and Ladino, treated similarly?
- > 1. What about comparative Ancient Near Eastern linguistics?
- > 1. Are questions like "how does one conjugate this verb into this tense" on topic?
- ...could be related fairly readily to source texts, while the fifth...
- > \5. Are questions like "what does this Hebrew tattoo mean" on topic?
- ...might be more of a stretch (not impossible, but unlikely!). Probably the sixth:
- > \6. Are questions like "please translate this sentence into Hebrew" on topic?
- is the only one that is probably excluded altogether.
- These would all be at home on a “Language & Linguistics” site, but that's not what Judaism.CD is.
- (I may be misunderstanding the concept of “categories”, but I take it that a “category” is something like a post-type, whereas the issue of whether Hebrew-language-only questions are in scope is still a matter of Q&A that is related more to **tagging** than **categories** (I would have thought).)
#2: Post edited
by
David
·
2020-06-30T10:10:37Z (almost 4 years ago)
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- Given that this site is for Q&A's about _Judaism_, it would seem appropriate that any Hebrew (or Aramaic) language questions should in some way connect with or originate in “source texts”. (I realize that begs the question: *which* texts!)
- Of the six broad sample questions posed by OP, I can imagine the first four...
- > 1. Is Modern Hebrew treated differently than Rabbinic, Mishnaic, Biblical Hebrew, etc.?
- > 1. Are other languages of the Jews, such as Aramaic, Yiddish, and Ladino, treated similarly?
- > 1. What about comparative Ancient Near Eastern linguistics?
- > 1. Are questions like "how does one conjugate this verb into this tense" on topic?
- ...could be related fairly readily to source texts, while the fifth...
> 5. Are questions like "what does this Hebrew tattoo mean" on topic?- ...might be more of a stretch (not impossible, but unlikely!). Probably the sixth:
> 6. Are questions like "please translate this sentence into Hebrew" on topic?- is the only one that is probably excluded altogether.
- These would all be at home on a “Language & Linguistics” site, but that's not what Judaism.Codicact is.
- (I may be misunderstanding the concept of “categories”, but I take it that a “category” is something like a post-type, whereas the issue of whether Hebrew-language-only questions are in scope is still a matter of Q&A that is related more to **tagging** than **categories** (I would have thought).)
- Given that this site is for Q&A's about _Judaism_, it would seem appropriate that any Hebrew (or Aramaic) language questions should in some way connect with or originate in “source texts”. (I realize that begs the question: *which* texts!)
- Of the six broad sample questions posed by OP, I can imagine the first four...
- > 1. Is Modern Hebrew treated differently than Rabbinic, Mishnaic, Biblical Hebrew, etc.?
- > 1. Are other languages of the Jews, such as Aramaic, Yiddish, and Ladino, treated similarly?
- > 1. What about comparative Ancient Near Eastern linguistics?
- > 1. Are questions like "how does one conjugate this verb into this tense" on topic?
- ...could be related fairly readily to source texts, while the fifth...
- > \5. Are questions like "what does this Hebrew tattoo mean" on topic?
- ...might be more of a stretch (not impossible, but unlikely!). Probably the sixth:
- > \6. Are questions like "please translate this sentence into Hebrew" on topic?
- is the only one that is probably excluded altogether.
- These would all be at home on a “Language & Linguistics” site, but that's not what Judaism.Codicact is.
- (I may be misunderstanding the concept of “categories”, but I take it that a “category” is something like a post-type, whereas the issue of whether Hebrew-language-only questions are in scope is still a matter of Q&A that is related more to **tagging** than **categories** (I would have thought).)
#1: Initial revision
by
David
·
2020-06-30T10:09:26Z (almost 4 years ago)
Given that this site is for Q&A's about _Judaism_, it would seem appropriate that any Hebrew (or Aramaic) language questions should in some way connect with or originate in “source texts”. (I realize that begs the question: *which* texts!) Of the six broad sample questions posed by OP, I can imagine the first four... > 1. Is Modern Hebrew treated differently than Rabbinic, Mishnaic, Biblical Hebrew, etc.? > 1. Are other languages of the Jews, such as Aramaic, Yiddish, and Ladino, treated similarly? > 1. What about comparative Ancient Near Eastern linguistics? > 1. Are questions like "how does one conjugate this verb into this tense" on topic? ...could be related fairly readily to source texts, while the fifth... > 5. Are questions like "what does this Hebrew tattoo mean" on topic? ...might be more of a stretch (not impossible, but unlikely!). Probably the sixth: > 6. Are questions like "please translate this sentence into Hebrew" on topic? is the only one that is probably excluded altogether. These would all be at home on a “Language & Linguistics” site, but that's not what Judaism.Codicact is. (I may be misunderstanding the concept of “categories”, but I take it that a “category” is something like a post-type, whereas the issue of whether Hebrew-language-only questions are in scope is still a matter of Q&A that is related more to **tagging** than **categories** (I would have thought).)