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arosta@hidden.email wrote:
It strikes me that Lojban is much more talmudic than it is cabbalistic. (Or are 'cabal' and 'cabbalistic' faux-amis?)
No, "cabal" indeed < "qabbalah", via French. The Talmud, of course, is a hypertextual representation of an open debate focusing on a sacred text that went on for centuries. Which seems very appropriate. Note the distinct adjectives "Talmudic" (pertaining to the T.) and "talmudistic" (convoluted, indecipherable, pettifogging), though m-w.com does not recognize the difference. -- Not to perambulate || John Cowan <jcowan@hidden.email> the corridors || http://www.reutershealth.com during the hours of repose || http://www.ccil.org/~cowan in the boots of ascension. \\ Sign in Austrian ski-resort hotel