Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Niels Peter Lemche <npl AT teol.ku.dk>]

> Dear NPL,
> 
> David Rohl has put forward evidence, in his books and in several 
> papers. I have summarised some of his evidence, but I make no claim to 
> having been exhaustive.  [be my guest, explain, and be specific] Unless
> and until you read these books, you 
> have no grounds on which to say that he has no evidence.  [then you are
> the person to blame as you have said that you have already brought most of
> his into daylight, and that was not something that could endure in such an
> environment]. 
> 
> You also implicitly claim that David Rohl has no scholarly training. 
> This is also an assumption which is untrue. He has a degree in 
> Egyptology and Ancient History from University College London and 
> wrote in 1995 that "I am currently completing my PhD research", under 
> the supervision of Amelie Kuhrt and Dr. Geoffrey Martin.
> 
        Nice names, but why has he not finished it by yet? Did he give up or
did they give him up?

> It takes two to dialogue. You cannot blame David Rohl for not 
> dialoguing with you and your little fraternity [your mean the scholarly
> community at large? interesting because you are just denounciating the
> fraternity of scholars worldwide, and on what reasons that can be
> substantiated?] when you are the ones 
> who don't even take the trouble to read what he has written.
> 
> Peter Kirk
> 
        NPL