Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Bruce Gardner <b.gardner AT abdn.ac.uk>]

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.

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Bruce Gardner

b.gardner AT abdn.ac.uk