Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>]

On 11/06/2004 10:43, George F. Somsel wrote:

> Oh, I'm quite sure that was the reason the rabbis of the talmudic times
> considered Job to have been written early, but why is it repeated today
> as though it were gospel rather than simply as an historical note?  
> ...
>  
George, I don't remember anyone in this discussion stating an early date 
as anything like gospel. Even Herm wrote "I think". The only confident 
assertion ("slam-dunk") which anyone has made is David's that it was 
late and dependent on Sumerian material. You seem to be attacking a 
straw person here.

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