Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Uri Hurwitz <uhurwitz AT yahoo.com>]

  Karl,
   
  As the work of Finkelstein and Silberman is mentioned 
  in this list, you may be interested in  a highly critical review
  of one of their books in the Israeli magazine Azure.
  The review  also discusses their former volume.
   
  http://www.azure.org.il/magazine/magazine.asp?id=352
   
       This reviewer has  has good  arguments. The only weak point in
   the article is the anaglogy, brief as it  is, to current events.

      Also, although he discusses the important issue of
dating wide- spread literacy, he forgot to mention the
  important finds of the bullae- hoard by Reich and Shukron. 
  According to one of the excavators, this predates Hezekiah
  by at least a century.
   
       Another aspect to consider in the work of the authors:
   how many of their conclusions are strictly speculative.
  
     Happy New Year,
   
       Uri Hurwitz


       
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Karl,
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You asked me why I read Jim Stinehart's postings. One reason is that I am c=
urious about the ideas of the people who believe in fringe theories like th=
e Israelites were really Egyptian pharoahs, etc. I only recently heard abou=
t these ideas, and I don't want to read one of the fringe books, so here I =
get to learn their basic beliefs without having to read a book.
=20
Also, his unusual ideas are interesting, even if I don't agree. I don't lik=
e to answer all of them, but sometimes I feel like I have to like the one a=
bout fathers and daughters not being included in the incest laws in Levitic=
us 18.
=20
Also, I am curious about what is considered proof to different people. Some=
 people in the fringe world seem to have a different way of proving things,=
 and I am curious how they think. I want to understand their standards for =
proof to see if I have similar standards or not.
=20
I am also curious to see if any of my arguments meet the standard of proof =
Jim and other people with alternative beliefs about history have. I am curi=
ous to see if I can actually change his mind on any subject. So far, I can'=
t.
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Kenneth Greifer
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