As I write this, we have passed the milestone of 71,000 visits to this blog. As most of you know, I publish some poetry, and accompanying photography, almost every day. Occasionally, I have something to write about an ongoing project of mine concerned with the original, Hebrew version of the Gospel of Matthew. Actually, there was an even earlier version, which unfortunately has not survived, but the one that we do have is older than the Greek translation, and represents an earlier stage of the text. Now that I am adding vowel points (as best I can) to the unpointed text provided by George Howard, the project has become a very educational one for me. In the process of wrestling with the difficulties, I have come to love the text.
I have put "81,000" in the title of this blog post because I recently bought a used sports car that has almost that many miles on it (see pictures below), and I love it, too. I am not content to live my life on just one level.
Thanks to all of you for your continued interest and enthusiasm Wadó, ꮹꮩ.
Text and images © 2019 by Donald Jacobson Traxler.
