Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Bill Rea <bsr15 AT cantsl.it.canterbury.ac.nz>]

David wrote:-


>I didn't say what you suggest because I already get what Rolf's on
>about. I have read his work. To me the terms are interchangeable, but
>they seem not to be for Rolf.
[snip]
>You know, I object to "uncancellable intrinsic meaning" AND
>"uncancellable semantics" -- not as labels, but as methodological
>assumption(s) in Rolf's work.
[snip]
>Did you read the quotations from his dissertation I provided? Do you
>think the terms are interchangeable?
>https://lists.ibiblio.org/sympa/arc/b-hebrew/2007-March/031836.html

Yes, I read those when you first posted them, but I've just reread
your post again. I agree, to me (and most of the world) it *seems*
like they are interchangable. I don't know why they aren't
interchangable for Rolf. But that was my point, for reasons I
don't understand they aren't interchangable. Unless someone
figures out why they're not interchangable and can explain
it to the rest of the world no progress will be made.

Karl seems to hold to some similar, though not identical, notion
to what an amateur like me would understand by uncancellable intrinsic
meaning. But Karl has said he doesn't know what to make of Rolf's
theory either.

>Have you noticed, though, that Rolf never concedes anything himself?

Yes, and it is concerning to me. As Peter says this debate has been going
on for ten years or so. Mostly I've just watched. It appears to me to be
going nowhere. Some list members have suggested the apparent
misunderstanding is a religiously motivated behaviour. I tend to give
people the benefit of the doubt, so I'm currently of the opinion that the
misunderstanding is real.

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