[b-hebrew] theories and standards

George Athas George.Athas at moore.edu.au
Tue May 19 23:53:46 EDT 2009


Karl wrote:

"...his basic thesis is that the documents give a
certain message, but that he doesn't believe their message..."

You're putting words in my mouth, Karl. I didn't say that at all. I implied that the documents have a message which might be different to what many people in this thread think it is. You're implying that the message is necessarily historical in the way we perceive history today. I'm arguing that probably is not be the case, but rather that the ancient had a different concept of to us. You're arguing that we should impose our definition of history onto these documents, while I'm arguing that we should try to understand what the documents themselves define as history.

Whether or not I believe the message is a different issue altogether, and not really pertinent to the list (though, FWIW, I am a Bible-believing evangelical Christian).


Regards,

GEORGE ATHAS
Moore Theological College (Sydney, Australia)
www.moore.edu.au


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