Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Rolf Furuli" <furuli AT online.no>]

Dear Bill,

At the University of Oslo, master theses and doctoral dissertations are 
found at the University library, primarily in book form, but in some 
instances in electronic form. Since the theses or dissertations are the 
property of the authors, each author is free to place restrictions on the 
use of his or her work. My dissertation is found in several libraries in 
Norway, and it can be borrowed. But it will not come in electronic form.

Best regards,

Rolf Furuli
University of Oslo

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Rea" <bsr15 AT cantsl.it.canterbury.ac.nz>
To: <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2007 10:58 PM
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] how scholars debate controversial issues


> Kenneth asked:-
>
> > 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.
>
> Although Rolf has worked on his ideas for ten years or so and has
> posted on this list a number of times, he has only completed his
> Ph.D. quite recently and so the full work has only just become
> available. It was not until the full dissertation became available
> that anyone could look at it in detail. Paradigm shifts occur
> rapidly. When a new idea comes along which is better than the
> previous one (e.g. Quantum mechanics, evolution) it only takes
> a matter of a few years to revolutionise the field. Unfortunately,
> most original research ends up going down a dead end and produces
> nothing useful. That's a general observation, not a specific one
> on the subject of Rolf's work.
>
> The world of theses is moving into the electronic age. Here, all
> Master's and Ph.D. theses are required to be submitted in
> electronic form in addition to the traditional hard-bound
> volumes. They are being made available on the web for download
> by anyone interested. We are no leader in this, but it appears
> Rolf's thesis isn't available in electronic form so perhaps the
> policy at Oslo is different.
>
>
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