Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Ian Hutchesson <mc2499 AT mclink.it>]

Dear Peter,

You wrote:

>If you read the first paragraph of Rohl's Appendix E on Assyrian 
>Chronology, you will discover that he freely admits that there are 
>unsolved difficulties with his scheme in this direction. No doubt he 
>did know what he was doing. But he can hardly be accused of being a 
>fraud.

If you have the information in front of you (and it's very hard to believe
that he didn't in his efforts to construct his justifications of why the
status quo was wrong), what else would you call his particular selective
use of the material? It's hard to believe he didn't knowingly misrepresent
the information. His aim was blatantly clear from the beginning -- it would
seem to me -- regarding the audience he was writing for. Looking at all his
claims in the chronological list that started with Joseph, I see them all
as anti-scholarly appeals to please and pacify a willing group of
accomplices, who happily bought the book. Great marketing.


Cheers,


Ian