Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>]

On 22/09/2005 03:55, tladatsi AT charter.net wrote:

> OK, I know I am not the moderator but this whole discussion 
> is just silly.
>
> 1) What does this have to do with translating Hebrew?
>
> 2) Does anyone here have any first hand knowledge of C14 
> dating techniques.  Not what you read on someone's web page 
> but what you yourself know?  Is the gas counting technique 
> still viable or has it been comp Dr. Libby, who invented 
> C14 dating, won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1960.  
> There is the slight chance he knew something about 
> chemistry.
>  

I could try to answer your question, for example by pointing out that 
the real experts know of many factors by which Libby's work has had to 
be corrected and recalibrated; some of these in fact show that the 
original gas counting technique is significantly inaccurate but newer 
mass spectrometry methods are more accurate. But then you would complain 
that I don't know what I am talking about and this is off topic.

> 3) There was just a long thread complaining about every 
> newby who has read one Hebrew grammar book and is now an 
> expert on translating the Bible.  Unless there are some 
> radio-chemists out there, you don't know what you are 
> talking about.
>  

People can know what they are talking about without being top experts in 
particular fields.

> Let's stick to translating Hebrew.
>  

And now only Nobel Prize winners or their equivalent are now qualified 
to take part in the discussions, I suppose?

--
Peter Kirk
peter AT qaya.org (personal)
peterkirk AT qaya.org (work)
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