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  • From: "Peter Kirk"<peter_kirk AT sil.org>
  • To: <mattfeld AT mail.pjsnet.com>
  • Cc: <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re[2]: Exodus and the Hyksos
  • Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2000 18:46:02 -0500


See my comments below.

Peter Kirk


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Subject: Re: Exodus and the Hyksos
Author: <mattfeld AT mail.pjsnet.com> at Internet
Date: 28/01/2000 22:09


----- Original Message -----
From: Peter Kirk <peter_kirk AT sil.org>
To: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Sent: Friday, January 28, 2000 6:10 PM
Subject: Re: Exodus and the Hyksos


Peter Kirk:

<snip>

WM:
Dear Peter

I am not being anymore "inconsistent" than Dr. Safren and other fellow
humanist scholars who "arbitrarily" declare that some chronologies in the
Bible are to be believed while others are to be dismissed...

PK: Well, two wrongs don't make a right. Yes, they do seem arbitrary,
but they may be able to justify it by rejecting dates which seem too
neat as multiples of 40 etc.

<snip>

As regards your observation about by being "inconsistent" in denying a 400
year bondage in Egypt for the Israelites, I pointed out that Egyptian
records reveal the Hyksos ruled Egypt for 200 years, they were not an
enslaved populace. So, naturally, I must conclude that the text (bible) has
to be in error on this point. As I have pointed out in an earlier post, I
do not take the bible at its word, I try to prove it and "cross-examinate"
it at every point. Points that hold up to investigation are accepted, points
that fail are rejected...

PK: Yes, this is good method, though not my method. Unfortunately you
previously rather hid this method behind provocative assertions. Thank
you for clarifying your approach, and sorry if I misunderstood it.






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