Dear all,

I would like to invite you all to a new discussion list that I created --
Canaanite! This discussion list will concentrate on the Canaanite family
of languages, which for the purposes of the list includes Phoenician, Punic
Neo-Punic, Ugaritic, all varieties of ancient Hebrew (even Mishnaic and Late
Samaritan Hebrew), but not Modern Hebrew, and other attested 1st and 2nd
millennium Canaanite dialects, including Amarna Canaanite, Ammonite,
etc. I suppose that a major topic of discussion -- if the list takes
off -- would
be Biblical Hebrew, as would academically oriented discussions of Biblical
passages. However, I really hope that similar discussions of Ugaritic or
Phoenician would also take place. Thus, the recent discussions on ANE-2,
where Phoenician ZYB vs Hebrew ZW or where Ugaritic vs Hebrew RP? were
discussed would really have benefited from more expert input from scholars
in those fields. This list would also form an important needed discussion
list of one major subfamily of Northwest Semitic -- the other being covered by
the Aramaic list.

So like I said, I invite everyone to join! You can do so with this link:

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/canaanite/join

Also, if any scholars in relevant fields would like to take part in
moderation of
the list, and feel they have the time and resources to do so, please
feel free to
contact me privately in that regard.

Best,
Yitzhak Sapir
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canaanite