Timeline for Clarification on Ben Ezra's cancellation of the idea of grammatical gender
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| Dec 25, 2020 at 12:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackJudaism/status/1342439953377144833 | ||
| Jan 27, 2019 at 18:17 | comment | added | DonielF | This seems to be contrary to Kiddushin 2b-3a, FWIW. Yes, I know that Gemara probably came from the Savoraim, not the Amoraim, but it’s still earlier than Ben Ezra. | |
| Jan 27, 2019 at 8:20 | history | edited | Al Berko | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jan 27, 2019 at 8:19 | comment | added | Al Berko | @shim if I understand the rule right, there's no default gender at all. It's totally arbitrary. Hence the discussion is seemingly pointless. | |
| Jan 27, 2019 at 7:42 | comment | added | shmu | The Gemara could embrace the Ibn Ezra's grammatical rule, but still discuss which gender is assigned by default to the word "derech". Admittedly, the word could be rendered masculine or feminine, but which is the default gender? This makes a difference in interpretation, because whenever the word diverts from its default gender, there will be a reason for it that affects the interpretation. SR Hirsch, for one, commonly interprets such diversions from the default gender of a word. | |
| Jan 26, 2019 at 20:11 | history | asked | Al Berko | CC BY-SA 4.0 |