Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>]

On 27/08/2004 18:18, MarianneLuban AT aol.com wrote:

> ...
>
> > The primary document about the Exodus, the Book of Exodus itself (12:2, 
> > 13:4, 23:15, 34:18), gives a clear date in the 1st month Abib of the 
> > Hebrew year, and the unbroken Pesach tradition places that in the spring 
> > i.e. March-April, at the time when Pesach is still celebrated. The 
> > calendar of 23:14-17 and its elaborations elsewhere in the Torah clearly 
> > associate the Exodus with springtime.- 
> >
> >
> >    
>
> Peter, I hardly think that is a revelation--especially to the Jews here, 
> which includes myself.  What is your point?  
>
>  
My point is very simple, that you were apparently ignoring the primary 
evidence while bringing up some obscure secondary evidence. Of course 
the primary evidence is well known, although its interpretation is 
disputed as Michael has stated. But I didn't think it was really quite 
so obvious to all that it didn't even need to be stated.

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