Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Read, James C" <K0434995 AT kingston.ac.uk>]

These are exactly the kind of comments I have come to expect from you Jim.

Anyway, you still haven't answered my question:
Do you think that a group of unlettered fishermen from Gallilee would, by 
your standards, 
be included in such scholarly lists? Or would be awarded their Ph.D's? 

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> On 9/5/05, Read, James C wrote:
> 
> 
>>My course was not divinity or a theology degree but the course 
>>content that contained such was much higher. I got perfect scores in 
>>my hebrew modules because the hebrew teacher,Dr Davilla, was very
>>critical of the bible text and he would objectively consider linguistic 
>>arguments. 
> 

Perhaps its difficult to take you seriously as a scholar when your 
spelling belies any attention to detail.  Sure, everyone makes typos, 
but to consistently misspell simple words, and names of people with whom 
you purportedly studied- well, it doesn't paint a very scholarly 
picture.  I'm not picking on you.  I'm just pointing out that St Andrews 
has pretty high standards and, frankly, its almost impossible for me to 
believe what you are saying.  The anonymity of the internet makes me 
extremely skeptical.  So, when I see a name I don't recognize, I look on 
the SBL membership list to see if they are affiliated with the largest 
and most well known scoeity of biblical scholars.  If said person is not 
listed I am, I confess, not inclined to take too seriously what they say 
in terms of biblical exegesis or translation.

That's not to say that non members of SBL have nothing to say.  Indeed 
not!  But again, with the anonymity granted many online and my naturally 
suspicious nature, that's how it works for me.

Jim

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And may I ask? Just why do you feel it necessary to sign your posts with the 
letters ThD after 
your name? Do you feel that that gives you some kind of authority? Or higher 
understanding? How 
many languages can you speak? Fluently? With a good power over idoms? Without 
having to translate 
in your head first?

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> On 9/5/05, Read, James C wrote:
> 
> 
>>My course was not divinity or a theology degree but the course 
>>content that contained such was much higher. I got perfect scores in 
>>my hebrew modules because the hebrew teacher,Dr Davilla, was very
>>critical of the bible text and he would objectively consider linguistic 
>>arguments. 
> 

Perhaps its difficult to take you seriously as a scholar when your 
spelling belies any attention to detail.  Sure, everyone makes typos, 
but to consistently misspell simple words, and names of people with whom 
you purportedly studied- well, it doesn't paint a very scholarly 
picture.  I'm not picking on you.  I'm just pointing out that St Andrews 
has pretty high standards and, frankly, its almost impossible for me to 
believe what you are saying.  The anonymity of the internet makes me 
extremely skeptical.  So, when I see a name I don't recognize, I look on 
the SBL membership list to see if they are affiliated with the largest 
and most well known scoeity of biblical scholars.  If said person is not 
listed I am, I confess, not inclined to take too seriously what they say 
in terms of biblical exegesis or translation.

That's not to say that non members of SBL have nothing to say.  Indeed 
not!  But again, with the anonymity granted many online and my naturally 
suspicious nature, that's how it works for me.

Jim

-- 
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On 9/5/05, Read, James C wrote:
> 
> And may I ask? Just why do you feel it necessary to sign your posts 
> with the letters ThD after your name? Do you feel that that gives you 
> some kind of authority? Or higher understanding? How many languages 
> can you speak? Fluently? With a good power over idoms? Without 
> having to translate in your head first?

I appreciate it, as an outsider, when scholars provide their credentials.
On some lists (including others where Dr. Jim West posts)  it is a 
requirement to post your full name and affiliation and credentials where 
applicable.  There is no reason to require of him to have one signature
for those lists and a special "credentials-free" signature here.  It also 
helps me refer to them properly in certain posts.  While I don't always 
refer by titles, I do so especially when I criticize opinions, to make it 
clear that even though I'm criticizing them, they have credentials and I 
don't (I usually also include a sentence to that effect in the body of the 
criticism).  In many cases these credentials also make it possible for 
me to look up their c.v. and understand where they are coming from 
and evaluate their areas of expertise.

Yitzhak Sapir