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  • From: Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>
  • To: "George F. Somsel" <gfsomsel AT juno.com>
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Re: Compound Words in Hebrew
  • Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 07:53:04 -0700

On 28/06/2004 07:34, George F. Somsel wrote:

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That is one way of handling the problem. Since, however, it is generally
conceded that the Book of Daniel was an ex eventu (or at least
contemporaneus) writing, it would be surprising to find him making such a
mistake. My inclination is to accept that he knew whereof he spoke.


But this compounds the backwardness of your argument. You presuppose that Daniel was writing ex eventu and on that basis derive Hebrew lexical principles? Anyway your presupposition is far from generally conceded. It seems to me that it is accepted mainly by those who presuppose that genuine predictive prophecy is impossible, and are prepared to reject as a deliberate lie the explicit statement in verse 1 dating this vision to the third year of Belshazzar.

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