Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Lewis Reich" <lewreich AT javanet.com>]

On 21 Oct 99, at 22:12, Peter Kirk wrote:

> 
> I don't think our friend did actually state what you say. The closest I
> can find is "I do favor strongly the ancient Jewish writers and their
> commentaries up to a point, and that is, I leave them when they try to
> under mine the Messiahship of Jesus Christ." 

We may have to agreeto disagree here, Peter.  I certainly agree 
with you that 

    a Jewish b-hebrew member might want to express agreement 
    on a technical matter with a Christian interpreter, but should 
    surely be allowed to make it clear that he does not accept the 
    wider doctrinal position of that interpreter. 
    
However, unlike you, I do not think that describes what we see in 
the post under discussion. Rather than raising particular issues 
relevant to the subject matter of this list, the poster states a 
conclusion (rejection of the MT) based on doctrinal grounds alone, 
with the supporting argument that (adduced without any evidence 
that I could see) that Jewish religious authorities corrupted (sic!) 
the text based on doctrinal grounds.  This form of argumentation is 
generally described as circular.

Lewis Reich
lbr AT sprynet.com