Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Brian Roberts" <formoria AT carolina.rr.com>]

Chris;

Being able to find "out-of-character" segments in Isaiah begins with the
presumption that we know enough from the text itself to determine what is
"in character" for an Isaiah.

That's a big assumption based on one text. One could be forgiven for
wondering if it's being asked to bear more than it can.

Best,

R. Brian Roberts        

Amateur Researcher in Biblical Archaeology

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:b-hebrew-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Christopher Kimball
Sent: Friday, January 04, 2008 3:54 PM
To: b-hebrew
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Wellhausen

Karl Randolph wrote:

"In locating plagiarism, one starts with two documents, then checks to 
see if the later
document copied from the earlier."

A high school or college English teacher doesn't detect plagiarism by 
comparing
two texts.  Instead, the teacher observes that a portion of the 
submitted text
is "out-of-character" for the student.  (I've seen really humorous 
examples of this.
Maybe someone could provide a current example.)  Then, the process 
continues by discussing
the text with the student or by searching for the original document.

The split of Isaiah is analogous.  Part B is "out-of-character" (in some 
sense) with the text of part A. 
The person doing the splitting defines and justifies what constitutes 
"out-of-character". 


Chris Kimball
Redding, CT


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