Biblical Hebrew Forum

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

On Tue, 05 Apr 2005 03:10:55 -0500 "Karl Randolph" <kwrandolph AT email.com>
writes:
> George:
> 
> Since when does "Prophecy does not name specific names"? That's the 
> very nature of Biblical prophecy. After all, Isaiah named Cyrus long 
> before he was born (Isaiah 44:28 ff.) Daniel in his visions saw 
> events so clearly that modern historians can give names to the 
> players involved, and even there Daniel named some names which make 
> the identifications easier. Then Daniel's seventy sevens prophecy, 
> recognizing that each seven equals seven years, starting at the time 
> of Nehemiah at about 415 BC give or take a year or two, ends almost 
> exactly with the Jewish revolt, the seventieth seven about midway 
> through seeing the sacrifice stopped by one called "the leader who 
> is to come" (both the original Roman general, and his son, later 
> were "leaders", i.e. emperor). So was Daniel written after 73 AD? In 
> Isaiah 48 the claim was made that Biblical prophecy is specific so 
> that there is no question as to that God imparted it. Why wouldn't 
> that specificity include names?
> 
> While this seems off field as far as B-Hebrew linguistic studies, it 
> impinges upon the history of the language, hence recognition of the 
> development thereof. Because I accept the possibility that there is 
> a God who communicates with people, and in his prophecies gave 
> specific information including names, recognize a different 
> development history of Hebrew language than the person who is a 
> naturalist claiming that all "prophecy" was written after the fact. 
> This is where religion (philosophy) affects historical studies, and 
> recognize that because we do not share the same belief system, 
> neither will we share the same view of language history.
> 
> Karl W. Randolph.
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Karl,

Different time, different author and different place from 1st Isaiah.  I
suggest that you get a good introduction to the OT and study it.  There
is no naming of Cyrus ahead of time.

george
gfsomsel
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