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[Uri Hurwitz <uhurwitz AT yahoo.com>]

 Dear Rev. Williams,
   
   You wrote, in part:
  
   
  "Then are you saying that the noted Kenneth Kitchen is incorrect in his
statements that situations presented in the Pentateuch are reflective of 2nd
Millennium BC? (I am unable at this time to give you the quotes since I have 
his
books packed to move to a new location here in Redding, CA.)"

    It  would be a truism to state that individual opinions, on this list
  or elsewhere, are valueless unless based on specific knolwedge of
  the work discussed. Generalities, such as "many scholars believe
  that.." can never substitute for refutations of an author's arguments.
   
      Kitchen's "On the Reliability of the Old Testament" is, like every
  human endeavor, not above criticism.  He did collect a vast
  amount of  extra-biblical ANE evidence to support his arguments
  about the general validity of biblical historicity. The important point 
here, 
  again, is the vast amount of material he collected over the decades.
   
      He is not alone in his views of  ancient Israel in Egypt: scholars
  like   Hoffmeier, an Egyptologist who does archaeological work
  in the Sinai, Curdis and others support such a position. Bietak's work on
   West Semites in the Delta is pertinent to the subject.
   
       Some who dismiss Kitchen because he is a "mere Egyptologist" are
  simply ignorant of the the breadth of his work.
   
      On the Reliability of the OIld Testament has of course been reviewed;
   the SBL has two on line, if memory serves. The best, in my opinion,
   is the balanced review of H G Williamson from Oxford.
   
   
     Uri Hurwitz                                                            
Great Neck NY  
   
   

       
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Dear Uri,

Thank you for your reply. I will try to respond later with more =
information.=20

Do have the link to the SBL articles you mentioned?

Thank you,

Rev. Bryant J. Williams III
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  From: Uri Hurwitz=20
  To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org=20
  Cc: bjwvmw AT com-pair.net=20
  Sent: Monday, December 24, 2007 10:00 AM
  Subject: Wellhausen JEPD Theory re Patriarchal Narratives=20


   Dear Rev. Williams,

   You wrote, in part:

  "Then are you saying that the noted Kenneth Kitchen is incorrect in =
his
  statements that situations presented in the Pentateuch are reflective =
of 2nd
  Millennium BC? (I am unable at this time to give you the quotes since =
I have his
  books packed to move to a new location here in Redding, CA.)"

      It  would be a truism to state that individual opinions, on this =
list
  or elsewhere, are valueless unless based on specific knolwedge of
  the work discussed. Generalities, such as "many scholars believe
  that.." can never substitute for refutations of an author's arguments.

      Kitchen's "On the Reliability of the Old Testament" is, like every
  human endeavor, not above criticism.  He did collect a vast
  amount of  extra-biblical ANE evidence to support his arguments
  about the general validity of biblical historicity. The important =
point here,=20
  again, is the vast amount of material he collected over the decades.

      He is not alone in his views of  ancient Israel in Egypt: scholars
  like   Hoffmeier, an Egyptologist who does archaeological work
  in the Sinai, Curdis and others support such a position. Bietak's work =
on
   West Semites in the Delta is pertinent to the subject.

       Some who dismiss Kitchen because he is a "mere Egyptologist" are
  simply ignorant of the the breadth of his work.

      On the Reliability of the OIld Testament has of course been =
reviewed;
   the SBL has two on line, if memory serves. The best, in my opinion,
   is the balanced review of H G Williamson from Oxford.


     Uri Hurwitz                                                         =
   Great Neck NY =20




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