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  • From: George F Somsel <gfsomsel AT juno.com>
  • To: kwrandolph AT email.com
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Isaiah 7
  • Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2005 04:44:28 -0400

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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