[Avodah] Titles Before Names

[Micha Berger]

On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 06:12:52PM -0600, Jay F Shachter wrote:
: Micha Berger has already sarcastically suggested that maybe the
: western language (he changed "European" to "western" when making his
: sarcastic comment) was Greek...

It wasn't 100% sarcastic. The title "rav" post-dates the zugos, and
therefore coulld very well follow a Greek pattern.

I think the reall difference is that until late bayis sheini we didn't
so much give titles as use appositives to emphasize someone's positive
role. (An apppositive is when you identify the noun in a second way. Eg,
"Mrs Cohen, my teacher,...")

:                                                                  Look
: at the end of Parashath Vayyishlax, at Genesis 36:15-18,29-30,40-43.

I'm not sure how the alufei benei Eisav are relevent. There the chiefs 
aren't named. "Aluf Teiman" names who the person was aluf of, and not
calling Teiman the aluf.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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Micha Berger             The waste of time is the most extravagant
micha at aishdas.org        of all expense.
http://www.aishdas.org                           -Theophrastus
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