Biblical Hebrew Forum

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

Excuse me all. The posting I sent on Ur Kasdim and repeated below was 
addressed to Ian
Hutchesson's last posting.
--
Jonathan D. Safren
Dept. of Biblical Studies
Beit Berl College
44905 Beit Berl Post Office
Israel



"Jonathan D. Safren" wrote:

> I understand that the real reason you want to identify Ur Kasdim with
> southern Ur is that this way you can claim that the mention of Ur Kasdim
> is an anachronism and the text is late; not because you have any real
> evidence to support your theory.
>     This means, then, that if you accept that Ur Kasdim is in the north,
> one of the linchpins of your whole Weltanschauung is snatched away, and
> your theory begins to fall like a row of dominos or a house of cards.
> Isn't this the real reason why you insist in identifying Ur Kasdim with
> soutern Ur, all evidence - Biblical and extra-Biblical - to the
> contrary?
> Let;s stop off this argument. You adhere to a certain belief, not an
> academic hypothesis, and I can't argue with belief. Had you provided any
> real evidence that the Ur Kasdim of the Bible was in the south, I would
> have seriously examined it and weighed it against the evidence for the
> northern location. But you are not arguing on philological, lggical
> criteria., but on the basis of your beliefs.
> I have therefore nothing more to say to you on this or any other matter
> which pertains to your set of beliefs, just as I have nothing to say to
> someone who believes in Creationism or Divine revelation.
> Most sincerely and emphatically,
> --
> Jonathan D. Safren
> Dept. of Biblical Studies
> Beit Berl College
> 44905 Beit Berl Post Office
> Israel
>
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