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  • From: Niels Peter Lemche <npl AT teol.ku.dk>
  • To: "'b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu'" <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: VS: Accuracy of the Biblical text??
  • Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 13:05:10 +0100




> ----------
> Fra: Niels Peter Lemche
> Sendt: 24. februar 2000 13:03
> Til: 'Jason Hare'
> Emne: SV: Accuracy of the Biblical text??
>
> Isn't this mail a transgressions of the rule of this list not to doscuss
> personal beliefs. Maybe the writer is a newcomer to the list? and should
> be warned?
>
> NPL
>
> ----------
> Fra: Jason Hare[SMTP:parousia_occ AT yahoo.com]
> Svar til: Jason Hare
> Sendt: 24. februar 2000 01:00
> Til: Biblical Hebrew
> Emne: Accuracy of the Biblical text??
>
> I have been shocked by how many non-literalists I have seen here. How
> many
> here truly believe that the narrative of the HB represents true history
> and
> is the Word of the Lord?
>
> I don't want to be disrespectful toward my "opponents," but I think it
> interesting that there are so many skeptics in the area of Hebrew studies.
>
> Toward the opposite extreme (if I can be bad for a moment) it seems that
> the more I study Greek the more I am convinced of the authenticity of the
> NT. Will the study of the HB lead, inevitably, to a doubt of its content?
>
> I would hope not.
>
> Wilbur Fields, a wonderful professor from my college, has studied Hebrew
> for MANY years and he is the one of whom I spoke earlier saying that he
> goes to Israel regularly. He is brilliant and totally involved in
> archaeology over in Palestine, yet the more he studies, the more is faith
> confirmed. What is up? How can Hebrew, the language that God delivered
> His message through, become a stumbling block for so many?
>
> I would encourage you to not become so wrapped up in opinions about
> insignificance that you forget overall pictures. I don't intend anything
> offensive toward anyone, but it seems the study of Hebrew leads most
> toward
> a skeptic attitude toward God. Be careful.
>
> Jason Hare
> Ozark Christian College
> parousia_occ AT yahoo.com
> I must, however, add:
> Mr. Hare, I condemn you appropriation of the knowledge of God. You say
> that your way of understanding God and scripture is the only acceptable
> one, other people are skeptics. My only scepticism is against your way of
> understand God and scripture.
>
> NPL
>
>



  • VS: Accuracy of the Biblical text??, Niels Peter Lemche, 02/24/2000

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