Biblical Hebrew Forum

[peter_kirk AT sil.org]

Actually, I don't see how the jury can be out yet if the court is 
still waiting for a witness, Fred Cryer. I accept that the final 
verdict is not yet given. But in a real court, experienced lawyers can 
often tell you long before the jury goes out or comes back in which 
way the verdict is going to go, that the evidence is clearly pointing 
one way or the other. Occasionally, I suppose, the last witness brings 
up some new point which confounds others' expectations and swings the 
whole trial. So, let's see Fred Cryer's evidence. Until then, let's 
stop trying to prejudge the issue in either direction. That includes 
you, Ian, stopping making postings implying that the inscription is a 
fraud by putting it in the same category as the proven fraud Piltdown 
Man.

Peter Kirk


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Subject: Re[3]: Tel Dan & David
Author:  <mc2499 AT mclink.it> at Internet
Date:    04/01/2000 12:09


At 12.04 04/01/00 -0500, peter_kirk AT sil.org wrote:
>George Athas has just finished a Ph.D on the Tel Dan inscription, so 
>surely he, unlike you and many others including me, is in a position 
>to judge.

He has not seen the item itself to my knowledge and was considering going 
to Jerusalem just to check the physical evidence. Stop the "he's in a 
better position and is on my side routine, huh?"

>Since he does not accept the mention of David, he can hardly
>be accused of trying to push this as evidence for David, or as having 
>been carried away by presuppositions. Cryer's work has not yet been 
>published. So why can't you accept George's words concerning the Tel 
>Dan fragments?:

As you should be aware the jury is still out. You don't accept the press's 
opinion of the trial, do you? (Sorry, George, it's just an allusion.)

>"We'll have to wait for Fred Cryer to publish his
>arguments for forgery, too, before making a final judgement. However, 
>I believe their authenticity can be proven beyond reasonable doubt 
>even now."

He is entitled to his beliefs just as you are. Just don't try to foist them 
on other people, please.


Ian