Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Ian Hutchesson" <mc2499 AT mclink.it>]

Dan wrote:

>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Ian Hutchesson [mailto:mc2499 AT mclink.it]
>> Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2001 21:25
>> Subject: Re: Firmament (Hebrew worldview)
>>
>
>> >As one scholar
>> >told me, you "don't have a leg to stand on" in regards to
>> >the OT evidence.
>>
>> I usually stand on two.
>
>Oh, well ...  yeah, it's uuhhh ...
>
>sorry, well, hmmmmm, not usually at a loss of words like this, but ...
well,
>it's sort of like metaphor or something, ummm, or like an analogy or
>imagery. Yes, THAT'S THE WORD; IT'S JUST IMAGERY!
>
>oh ... yeah, hmmm, "imagery" ...  well sorta hard to define, or describe,
>but ...
>i promise you, that scholar wasn't trying to say you were crippled or
>anything like that ... at least not physically anyway, i'm sure ...
really,
>it's nothing like that at all; trust me!

Well done, an attempt at humour!

Shame that you left out the rest of the line and therefore lost the reason
for my levity here:

>> >As one scholar
>> >told me, you "don't have a leg to stand on" in regards to the OT
evidence.
>>
>> I usually stand on two. Your nameless scholar is pretty worthless.

Citing nameless scholars in your defence is as useful as citing blank
documents.


Ian