Biblical Hebrew Forum

[FPutnam AT biblical.edu]

Friends,

'Lectio difficilior' is a widely accepted rule, but (like 'lectio 
brevior') is only a guideline, not a rule. The only true *rule* is "That 
reading is to be preferred which can best be explained as the source of 
the other readings" (Emanuel Tov, although this may be only a paraphrase, 
not a direct quote).

Privileging a[ny] textual tradition is inherently misleading, since 
concluding that, e.g., MT is correct 90% of the time does not [ought not] 
prejudice us to favour MT at 9:1 odds for any particular reading. The 90% 
preferral rate is a result, not a working principle or assumption. [And I 
am of course making up the number!]

I'd love to chat more, but I'm off to teach ... Hebrew discourse!

Peace.

Fred

Kyrie eleison.
Frederic Clarke Putnam, Ph.D.
Professor of Old Testament
Biblical Theological Seminary
Hatfield, Pennsylvania
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Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] The island of Tyre     
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2004 15:40:46 +0200
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Sorry Vadim,

I thought that we might have a scoop here, if we could prove that the
"Alexandrian mole" is a myth. So I speant a couple of hours in the library,
looking up fairly recent books about the archaeology and history of Tyre. In
all of the relevant ones, including several reports by Pierre and Patricia
Bikai, who have been digging at Tyre for years, it is made clear that the
geology confirms that island was, indeed connected to the coast
artificially. The island and the immediate coast are kurkar, by the way. The
Limestone and chalk only start beyond the coastal strip.

I also had a look at Shalmanessar III's "Balawat Gate" from Khorsabad. The
relief clearly shows King Ettobaal of Tyre loading tribute on a boat, to be
taken to Shalmanessar, who is waiting on the coast across a strip of water.

Yigal

----- Original Message -----
From: "VC" <vadim_lv AT center-tv.net>
To: <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2004 9:51 AM
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] The islands


> So that you might be more restrained in claiming others' ignorance, I
> checked with an archeologist friend. The area around Tyre is normal rock
and
> limestone; there is no huge sand bank, as can be expected with sand and
> debris' accretions.
>
> Vadim Cherny
>
>
> > Don't show your ignorance. The sea is constantly taking sand and silt
from
> one place and adding it to others. That is why people around here hire
> dredges to take sand and silt from places where the sea constantly adds to
> the land, and puts it in places where the sea takes it away. Yes, I live
on
> a coastline, too.
> >
> > So it makes perfect sense that a causeway built by Alexander the Great
and
> his army, by blocking the normal flow of water, would contribute to
filling
> in the land between the island and mainland.
> >
> > Karl W. Randolph.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "VC" <vadim_lv AT center-tv.net>
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > > Actually, Vadim, until the construction of the Aswan Dam in the
> 1960's,
> > > the
> > > > Levantine coast was regularly supplied with sand and silt, washed in
> from
> > > > the Nile. The causeway's being filled in by sand is perfectly
> reasonable.
> > > I'm not sure, but from my experience of living near the sea, this does
> not
> > > seem probable. I doubt seashore increases anywhere.
> > >
> > > Sincerely,
> > >
> > > Vadim Cherny
> >
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