Talk:Ancient Hebrew

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Should it not be a question of whether the word "appropriate" is accurate? While I hardly think it's anti-semitic (the "appropriators" in this case were Jews themselves, as far as I know), the phrase "known by" is euphemistic and needlessly vague. To rework Jewish origin myth and press it into service for some convenient purpose at hand seems very much an appropriation, and has been done many different times, by many different people, over the course of many centuries. I hardly think the Western world is better off for this habit. AP295 (discuss • contribs)

I feel that the use of the word "appropriated", in this context, is unnecessarily confrontational and sets the wrong tone for the learning resource. The goal of the resource is to provide information on the nature of ancient Hebrew, not to act as a battleground for interreligious conflict. Omphalographer (discuss • contribs) 21:40, 16 September 2023 (UTC)

I won't press the point. I dislike religious arguments and find them quite boring in general, but here it's a question of whether the wording obscures historical fact. You may undo my undo if you'd like. This isn't my resource, nor am I especially interested aside from this question of rhetoric. AP295 (discuss • contribs)

That said, two concomitant distortions do not make a truth. Our anonymous friend's what-have-the-romans-ever-done-for-us attitude is somewhat encouraged by "neutral" obfuscations like "known by". Perhaps "adapted by" might be an acceptable alternative. AP295 (discuss • contribs)