Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Dave Washburn" <dwashbur AT nyx.net>]

Peter,
Agreed.  One thing I find fascinating is the way some folks want to 
say that the Genesis account is based on mythology similar to 
Enuma Elish, tie in the word Tiamat and all the rest, while 
simultaneously claiming elsewhere that it wasn't even written until 
the second century B.C., several hundred years (at least!) after 
Enuma Elish and the other stuff had passed off the scene!  

In any case, I understand what you're doing.  I did it last time, so I 
guess it's your turn ;-)

> Dave, I take your point. But the alternative is to allow Ian to post
> unsubstantiated speculation without being challenged and totally confuse
> the many lurkers on this list who may think he is some kind of
> authority. I am not claiming to be an authority myself. But I do want
> our lurkers to realise that there are two sides to such issues, and
> encourage them to do a bit of their own research into them. In my other
> recent postings I also wanted lurkers to realise that what Ian says
> about Greek is contradicted by the acknowledged experts.
> 
> I will try not to enter into a prolonged discussion with Ian.
> 
> Peter Kirk
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Dave Washburn [mailto:dwashbur AT nyx.net]
> > Sent: 24 July 2002 23:20
> > To: Biblical Hebrew
> > Subject: RE: raqia encore
> > 
> > > Ian, you have no evidence that Enuma Elish is part of this context,
> that
> > > it was known to the author Genesis 1. The only link you mention is
> one
> > > cognate word, used in a very different sense. I agree that the link
> is
> > > possible, but not that it is indisputable. There is a little more
> > > evidence that the authors of Ps 74, 89 etc were acquainted with some
> > > kind of Enuma Elish tradition, but the link may be extremely
> tenuous,
> > > certainly not necessarily knowledge of a specific work.
> > >
> > Do we really need to go over this ground again?  It was just a few
> > months ago that we went around and around over the purported
> > tehom/tiamat cognate, the place of Enuma Elish in the grand
> > scheme of things, and all the rest.  That discussion got nowhere;
> > does anybody really think it will be different this time?
> > 
> > Dave Washburn
> > http://www.nyx.net/~dwashbur
> > You know you're a lousy artist when you can't
> > draw a straight line on an Etch-a-Sketch.
> > 
> > 
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Dave Washburn
http://www.nyx.net/~dwashbur
You know you're a lousy artist when you can't
draw a straight line on an Etch-a-Sketch.