Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Peter Kirk"<peter_kirk AT sil.org>]

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


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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:

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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.

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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.