Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Jonathan D. Safren" <yonsaf AT beitberl.beitberl.ac.il>]

Dear Nils,
Agreed.

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Jonathan D. Safren
Dept. of Biblical Studies
Beit Berl College
Beit Berl Post Office 44905
Israel

Niels Peter Lemche wrote:

> Dear Jonathan,
>
> This is basically a misprission of Tom's position and mine. Basically all
> evidence whether early or late will be on the same level. But in case you
> have an example of a certain phenomenon, that has been around from say 1000
> BCE to 0, you cannot say whether your evidence belong to the first, the
> middle or the late part of its career. You must introduce other evidence
> that may narrow down the number of possibilities. I hope that it is what you
> intend to say. You are entitled to restate the old German position that
> history writing originated in Israel in the 10th century or even earlier.
> That is a hypothesis that can be falsified in the scholarly way, and it is
> OK. You (or rather I) mifgt say that it belongs mainly to the Hellenistic
> Period. That is also a scholarly position that can be falsified. The same to
> the many middle persons who opt for a Josianic date, or a date dutring the
> Babylonian exile in the strict sense.
>
> NPL
>
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> > Fra:  Jonathan D. Safren[SMTP:yonsaf AT beitberl.beitberl.ac.il]
> > Svar til:     Jonathan D. Safren
> > Sendt:        5. januar 2000 22:10
> > Til:  Biblical Hebrew
> > Cc:   'b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu'
> > Emne:         Re: SV: Re[2]: Ur Kasdim II
> >
> > Sometimes the simplest explanation, if sufficiently supported (and that
> > includes relations and analogies) - is the best one..
> > I'm not advocating a return to fundamentalism. My claims, as well as my
> > research, have all been based on the premise that the Torah is not a
> > unified work of Mosaic origin. But why should the latest attribution of
> > Biblical texts necessarily be the best one? (Same goes for the earliest
> > attribution).
> > I think, Nils and Thomas, that your reasoning is fundamentally flawed,
> > as I believe Ken Litwak has cogently argued in his comparison of the
> > assumption of lateness for Biblical historiography vs. the assumption of
> > earliness for the classical Greek and Latin authors. But time (and
> > further epigraphic finds) will tell.
> > Sincerely,
> >
> > --
> > Jonathan D. Safren
> > Dept. of Biblical Studies
> > Beit Berl College
> > 44905 Beit Berl Post Office
> > Israel
> >
> >
> >
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