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  • From: Niels Peter Lemche <npl AT teol.ku.dk>
  • To: 'Peter Kirk' <peter_kirk AT sil.org>
  • Cc: "'b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu'" <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: RE: Re[4]: Stop with the Rohl material.
  • Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2000 23:24:44 +0100




> 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





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