Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Jonathan Bailey <jonathan.bailey AT gmx.de>]

Michael, I doubt there are too many people here that are interested in 
proving you right
or wrong. I for one am not here to grind theological axes.

You are welcome to your exegesis. In my short time on the list, however, I 
have
noticed that the list seems to involve itself with questions of linguistics, 
historical
criticism, or textual criticism, and when theological views are brought up 
(such as the
typology thread), they usually involve exploration of issues of method and 
types of
interpretation without necessarily seeking to apply methods of interpretation 
to
support any particular exegetical conclusion. Though the list is (much to my
enjoyment) quite casual and open to a variety of levels and areas of 
discussion, you
would probably be met with more enthusiastic responses if you had written 
your post
to a list which devotes itself more fully to theological and exegetical 
matters.

The reason Mr. Wagers did not devote more time to your post or try to support 
or
refute it is quite probably because he did not care one way or another about 
your
gap-theory exegesis. Most of the people on here are using the list to keep in 
touch
with other competent professionals to the event of furthering their personal 
research,
aquiring tools of their trade, etc. They are not particularly trying to 
convert anyone to a
particular exegesis.

But I haven't been on the list for terribly long, and in my short time on the 
list I have
noticed that almost anything goes, so enjoy and write what you will. But 
don't get
discouraged by responses like Mr. Wagers.




Jonathan Bailey
MA Kandidat
Hochschule für Jüdische Studien
Heidelberg

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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Will Wagers" <hyle AT airmail.net>
>To: "Biblical Hebrew" <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
>Sent: Saturday, November 27, 1999 8:02 AM
>Subject: Re: New Subscriber


>> It's not Sunday, so why the sermon?
>>

>Sorry, I'm a Bible teacher and I didn't mean to make it come across like a
>sermon.  I'm real sorry I offended you, but I don't take it as correct that
>Sunday is the only day that truth be taught, and neither did Christ.

>Perhaps next time you might invest a little more thought into what I showed
>you from the Scriptures and comment about the topic, rather than your
>dislike of having it spelled out to you.  I'd appreciate you proving my
>teachings WRONG, if you believe it to be possible to do so.  If not, then
>take it as a sermon and learn from it.

>Regards,
>Michael


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