Skip to Content.
Sympa Menu

b-hebrew - Re: Bill's 'Position'.

b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org

Subject: Biblical Hebrew Forum

List archive

Chronological Thread  
  • From: Bruce Gardner <b.gardner AT abdn.ac.uk>
  • To: b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu
  • Subject: Re: Bill's 'Position'.
  • Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 14:50:10 +0000

Dear Bill,
             Your position intellectually was as follows:


I'm not saying it's not reasonable. I was griping about raising your
personal belief about the text to the level of fact. That's was Samuel
was doing.


I disagree that a position based on reason and evidence can be described as 'pure conjecture'. It may be conjecture in the sense of creating a system of probabilities, but if those are shared by other responsible scholars it is dismissive of a lot of real honest work to call it simply that.

Now for your concluding comments...


Er, um, my position? Exactly what was my position? I don't remember
giving one.


Quite right, Bill. You didn't. I mistook your style of post for another's. I do apologise. I was guilty there of pure conjecture (i.e. without any evidence) which is a thing which very rarely works.

Sorry...

;)

Bruce.


------------
Bruce Gardner
b.gardner AT abdn.ac.uk


  • Re: Bill's 'Position'., Bruce Gardner, 03/12/2001

Archive powered by MHonArc 2.6.24.

Top of Page