Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Jason Hare" <parousia_occ AT yahoo.com>]

From my childish tendencies: 

:-p

Jason Hare

On 02/24/00, ""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?"