Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Steve Brailsford <Steve.Brailsford AT NSMG.Seagatesoftware.com>]

But the message titled "Alert" of the same day, either is a joke, or
qualifies as controversial or irrelevant to this group.  If he wants to use
form/redaction criticism as well as Documentary/Supplemental/Fragmentary
theories that's fine.  Just keep it to a particular passage in the TaNaK.

Given the fact that the messages are only signed with a name, I take them as
either misguided, or in jest.

Steve Brailsford
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-----Original Message-----
From: Fritz Knobloch [mailto:fknobloc AT deans.umd.edu]
Sent: Friday, January 15, 1999 1:50 PM
To: Biblical Hebrew
Subject: Re: Assaulting an Impasse

Bryan,

So far as I can see, the lines that you quote from Barre are neither
controversial nor condescending.  They simply allude to the prevailing
scholarly reticence to construct history from the pre-monarchical
traditions.  What's more, Barre goes on to conclude that it is "highly
likely
that the HB does contain traditions that had a pre-monarchic origin."  His
assessment of the Albright school is widely shared.  Barre doesn't make ad
hominem arguments, but discusses ideas.  That (not censorship) is what ought
to happen on a list that values learned contributions.