Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Brian Roberts <formoria AT carolina.rr.com>]

Waiting and biding time for new, compelling data is difficult, isn't 
it? :)

Brian Roberts


On Thursday, June 3, 2004, at 08:55  AM, Peter Kirk wrote:

> On 02/06/2004 16:47, Uri Hurwitz wrote:
>
> >   This may have been so, but, some would say, more likely not have 
> > been so. In short, sheer speculation, like much that has been 
> > speculated on this subject.
> >    Uri
>
>
> Absolutely. My point is that my speculation is no less likely than 
> Michael's that the texts were all written at one time and place, and we 
> have no way of knowing which is true.
>
> > */Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>/* wrote:
> >
> >     the kind of model I have in mind is:
> >
> >     1) Deuteronomy was written at one time and place.
> >
> >     2) The other literature e.g. much of Joshua-Kings which so clearly
> >     echoes the languages and themes of Deuteronomy was written at a 
> > later
> >     time, and potentially a different place, in imitation, either
> >     deliberate
> >     or accidental, of Deuteronomy.
> >
> >     Therefore, Michael's stylistic argument that Deuteronomy and
> >     Joshua-Kings were written at one time and place fails.
>
>
> -- Peter Kirk
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