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  • From: Bill Rea <bsr15 AT cantsl.it.canterbury.ac.nz>
  • To: Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>
  • Cc: bill.rea AT canterbury.ac.nz, b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Ambiguities, doubling meanings and puns
  • Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 11:58:41 +1200 (NZST)

On Mon, 12 Sep 2005, Peter Kirk wrote:

>
> Bill, I would dispute your hypothesis that the biblical authors
> deliberately wrote ambiguously, except perhaps in a few rather special
> places.

If you don't like ambiguity, then let's confine ourselves to
double meaning like the type in Gen 16:2. How does Karl's theory
handle these?

Bill Rea, IT Services, University of Canterbury \_
E-Mail bill.rea AT canterbury.ac.nz </ New
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