Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Peter Kirk <peter AT qaya.org>]

On 21/03/2007 04:34, kenneth greifer wrote:
> I am not a scholar, and I have not understood anything in the argument 
> about Rolf's dissertation or whatever the discussion has been about. I 
> am just curious about how scholars debate normally. Is the debate that 
> you've been doing on B-Hebrew the normal way that scholars discuss 
> controversial subjects or is this somehow different? Also, when 
> someone has a controversial opinion like Rolf, don't scholars analyze 
> the ideas right away because it sounds like his ideas have been around 
> for a while and no one has analyzed them. Maybe I did not understand 
> the discussion, but it sounds like this to me.
Kenneth, it is not true that "no one has analyzed them". On this list 
several us including myself have repeatedly analysed and criticised 
Rolf's views for at least ten years. But he seems to have taken on board 
very few of these criticisms and continues to act as if no one has ever 
criticised him before, or as if the people who criticise him are 
nobodies who can be ignored.

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