Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Christine Bass" <christinebass AT home.com>]

It appears to me that certain posts, including this one below, seem to have
intentions that do not abide by the guidelines for this list,

(> Proselytizing ("seeking to convert someone to a certain religious faith")
is
> also not appropriate. )

seeking to convert subscribers to humanism, atheism, agnosticism and the
like.

Yes, their approach is very smooth, very subtle, but it is clearly there.
Planting the seeds of suspicion, of doubt, much as the serpent in the
Garden of Eden......pssssst, did God really say?????? You may be
believing a Lie.....Listen to what I have discovered, all very intellectual
and scholarly of course. Talk to me off -list about it.....I'll be happy
to send you The Truth (read that my propoganda). Trust me....

These are intelligent men and they know exactly what they
are doing, which is proselytizing.

As long as no one calls them on it---they will continue using this
list for inappropriate purposes.



----- Original Message -----
From: "Walter Mattfeld" <mattfeld AT mail.pjsnet.com>
To: "Biblical Hebrew" <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2000 3:07 AM
Subject: Paper offering


> Available via e-mail is the following brief paper-
>
> "Abraham _NOT_ the Father of Ishmael and the Arabs ?"
>
> This paper will argue that the Book of Genesis possesses clues that reveal
> that Abraham is not in fact the father of Ishmael and the Arabs. After a
> presentation and analysis of these clues utilizing recent discoveries by
> Humanist scholars investigating the "pre-biblical history" of the Arabic
> peoples, a proposal is made as to why he was "fictiously" made the father
of
> the Arabs.
>
> Please do not direct your requests to this list.
> Direct your request to :
>
> mattfeld AT mail.pjsnet.com
>
> All the best,
>
> Walter
>
> Walter Reinhold Warttig Mattfeld
> Walldorf by Heidelberg
> Baden-Wurttemburg
> Germany
>