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

I'm sorry, you did say that and I did not acknowledge it. However, you 
implied that this was evidence of Rohl's interests. It is not. It is 
only evidence of the publisher's interests, which are primarily 
financial.

Peter Kirk


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Subject: Re[3]: when the rohl is called up yonder....
Author:  <npl AT teol.ku.dk> at Internet
Date:    13/02/2000 23:26


My friend,

before you start asking questions, read the mail. I said published by the 
publisher (of the book if you are in doubt). Read my mail, please.

NPL

> -----Original Message-----
> From:     Peter Kirk [SMTP:peter_kirk AT sil.org] 
> Sent:     Monday, 14 February, 2000 05:02
> To:     Biblical Hebrew
> Subject:     Re[2]: when the rohl is called up yonder.... 
>
> Who wrote the material you quote? Not Rohl, I'm almost sure. Probably 
> the bookseller amazon.com which has realised that it is selling lots
> of copies to the large number of (naive perhaps) "Christian and Jewish 
> readers who accept the historical validity of the Bible".
>
> Please criticise Rohl for what he has written himself, not for what 
> others have written about him.
>
> Peter Kirk
>
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> Subject: Re: when the rohl is called up yonder.... 
> Author:  <npl AT teol.ku.dk> at Internet
> Date:    13/02/2000 18:48
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>
> Is this volume the same as 'Pharaohs and Kings: A Biblical Quest! 
> published
> 1997?
>
> I found on the amazon.com the following description of the content as 
> published by the editor:
>
> Pharaohs and Kings reveals the Old Testament to be a true account of the 
> history of the Jewish people ... it will appeal to the vast audience for 
> revisionist archaeology and history as well as to the many Christian and 
> Jewish readers who accept the historical validity of the Bible ...
>
> Who said that Rohl was exclusively interested in egyptology? 
>
> NP
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