Biblical Hebrew Forum

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

On Tue, 05 Apr 2005 00:39:16 +0100 Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>
writes:
> On 05/04/2005 00:30, George F Somsel wrote:
> > ...
> >
> >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?
> >  
> >
> I made no assertions about the date of 1 Kings, I merely pointed out 
> the 
> confusion in Yigal's logic.
> 
> I do not hold that the entire book of 1&2 Kings was written in or 
> before 
> the time of Josiah. I do hold that the story in chapter 13 was very 
> 
> probably written before the time of Josiah and later incorporated 
> into 
> the completed book, no doubt with some revisions. And, while I don't 
> 
> want to be dogmatic on this point, I consider it entirely possible 
> that 
> this original story records a genuine God-given predictive prophecy 
> 
> citing the name Josiah. Those who reject this possibility do so only 
> 
> because they reject the possibility of predictive prophecy from an a 
> 
> priori philosophical position.
> 
> -- 
> Peter Kirk
> peter AT qaya.org (personal)
> peterkirk AT qaya.org (work)
> http://www.qaya.org/
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Peter,

That is a patent falsehood.  I would say that the Isaianic prophecy of Is
7 is predictive and the *young woman* not virginal.  I would also assert
that the concept of Josiah's being **named** long before his birth is
nonsense and inserted ex eventu.

george
gfsomsel
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