Biblical Hebrew Forum

[George F Somsel <gfsomsel AT juno.com>]

On Mon, 04 Apr 2005 22:34:37 +0100 Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>
writes:
> On 04/04/2005 20:19, Yigal Levin wrote:
> > ...
> >
> >Karl,
> >The difference is that 1 Kings 13 was written either during the 
> time of
> >Josiah or later, and so the author could put a "prophecy" about 
> Josiah in
> >the anonymous "man of God"s mouth. ...
> >
> 
> No, your logic is inverted, your "and so" should be "since". The 
> true 
> logic here is:
> 
> Datum 1) 1 Kings 13 names Josiah
> Datum 2) Predictions are impossible
> Consequence 3) 1 Kings 13 was written during or after the time of 
> Josiah
> 
> But Karl and I do not accept datum 2), and therefore not consequence 
> 3).
> 
> -- 
> Peter Kirk
> peter AT qaya.org (personal)
> peterkirk AT qaya.org (work)
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Peter,

I hardly believe that you would assert that 1 Kings was written prior to
the time of Josiah.  If you concede that 1 & 2 Kgs constitute one work,
then your assertion that 1 Kg was written prior to Josiah is impossible
-- or do you assert that the account of the conquest of Jerusalem is also
written prior to the event?

george
gfsomsel
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