Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Jason Hare <parousia_occ AT yahoo.com>]

With all due respect, my friend, you know nothing of
me but what I let you know.  And you presume to know
much.  Rather than offend you and your faith, I have
shown that I do have faith in what is written.  If you
take offense at my expression of trust in the literary
heritage passed from Moses and the prophets to the
people of God, so be it.  I will study it knowing that
God has granted me access; you will study it thinking
it is only some tradition.  So be it.  Let's get
passed the name calling of children (which you accuse
me of being) and into discussions of truth.

I may be young, but don't let this fool you.  I do not
accept what I was taught when I was young.  I did not
grow up in a Christian home and no one "evangelized"
me.  I am a Christian of my own conviction and that is
one thing that has not much to do with our discussion.
 If you want an argument, look for someone else.  I am
just curious how many on the list really believe in
what they read.  If my ASKING of such a simple
question offends you, get a life.  You should be more
grown up than that.

Jason Hare

--- Charles David Isbell <cisbell AT home.com> wrote:
> Here are the answers to Mr. Jason Hare.  No I don't
> believe anything like
> the skeleton of your faith that you have so
> graciously shoved in our faces
> on a scholarly list.  I have more respect for Miqra'
> than you can possibly
> recognize, having devoted now 28 years to its study
> on a professional level.
> And each of these 28 years, some young person much
> like you, whose own faith
> is only the repetition of things others have taught
> him/her since birth, has
> dutifully attempted to convert me to a particular
> brand of Christian
> fundamentalism.  Believe me, Baton Rouge has more
> fundamentalists per square
> inch than most places on earth, and those of your
> ilk here can even study at
> that great bastion of intellectual Lilliputianism
> and literal biblical
> inerrancy, Jimmy Swaggert Bible College, without
> leaving home.
> So having met in person many of your cousins, I
> understand that your faith
> teaches you that you cannot be the proper kind of
> Christian you seek to be
> unless you witness to everyone within range.  So
> here and now I am giving
> you a note that you may print out and take back to
> your evangelism professor
> as proof that you have "witnessed" to a Jew.  Now
> stop.  And stop posting
> your ignorance.  Go study.
> Here's an idea for your first assignment.  When you
> are reading Matthew one
> in Greek, note that the genealogy of Jesus is traced
> back to Joseph for 17
> verses, immediately after which we are told in no
> uncertain terms that
> Joseph had absolutely nothing to do with the
> conception.  Which "literal"
> reading is the Word of God here?
> I had just finished my morning cup of coffee, and
> thought I would start my
> day by reading the many posts I had received
> overnight, on lists like ANE,
> H-JUDAIC, and several others.  I do not appreciate
> being assaulted by a 20
> year old novice in the field who is lecturing me
> about the "Word [capital
> W!] of the Lord."  I do not appreciate receiving
> four postings, no less,
> from this Akiva wanna-be, quoting with an absolute
> lack of respect and
> understanding from the Siddur of my faith to find
> some obscure proof of his
> own bibliolatry and offering his ridiculous attempt
> to translate "New
> Testament" into modern Hebrew.  This is highly
> offensive and improper
> conduct for an open scholarly forum.  I call upon
> the moderators to throw
> this baby fish back into the sea of learning for at
> least ten years until he
> can grow big enough to respect the faith of others
> and learn how utterly
> disgusting are his attempts to discourse with us on
> a missiological basis.
> Charles David Isbell
> 
> Jason Hare:
> "I have been shocked by how many non-literalists I
> have seen here.  How many
> here truly believe that the narrative of the HB
> represents true history and
> is the Word of the Lord?"
> 
> 
> 
> 
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