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  • From: "Bryan Rocine" <596547 AT ican.net>
  • To: "Jonathan D. Safren" <yonsaf AT beitberl.beitberl.ac.il>, "Biblical Hebrew" <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Cc: "Biblical Hebrew" <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: Assaulting an Impasse
  • Date: Sat, 16 Jan 1999 08:25:22 -0500


Dear Jonathan,

Thank you for your concern. You wrote:

<noted and snipped>

> I may not agree with their theses, but they have a perfect right to
express them on a
> scholarly discussion list such as this. Denying the historicity of the
ancient
> Israelite traditions may offend people of faith.

Agreed. No one persuasion owns this list. And because no one persuasion
owns this list, scholarly discussion should be done without condescension
towards those of another persuasion. Our list's charter says as much. Do
you have a problem with that?

but then so did Galileo's claim that
> the Earth revolved around the sun. Such claims are proved or disproved by
further
> investigation and/or scholarly discussion, not by fiat.
> And as I live in a country where "People of faith" have increasing
control over
> government and society (and even archaeological excavations), I do not
like to read
> about suspending membership in a scholarly fiscussion group because of
holding
> unorthodox (or un-Orthodox) opinions. I hope that it is not because of
the section of
> Barre's letter cited above that he is being suspended. If it is, I would
like to be
> unsubscribed. Please clarify.

Does my other post, entitled "Assaulting an Impasse" and addressed in the
body "Dear Fritz and other B-Haverim" clarify sufficiently?

Sincerely,
Bryan


B. M. Rocine
Associate Pastor
Living Word Church
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Syracuse, NY 13208

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