Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Bill Rea <bill.rea AT canterbury.ac.nz>]

Rev Bryant wrote:

> For list members you may want to see the following article on URL:
> http://jwest.wordpress.com/2008/10/30/on-the-khirbet-qeiyafa-find-by-barnea-se
> lavan/

This wasn't very informative. It used a lot of words but didn't say much. I
expect we will have to wait until the science is done and published before
we outsiders get to know much.

> 
> It appears from several reports that many theories about the early monarchy
> will
> definitely need to be revised considering what evidence has already 
> appeared.
> But more information will definitely be forthcoming.
> 
> According to John Hobbins at Ancient Hebrew Poetry,
> 
>     "I note that minimalists are already framing the debate without regard 
> to
> the evidence in hand, but in relation to those they love to hate, i.e., the
> maximalists. For its part, the evidence does not confirm maximalism. 
> However,
> it
> disconfirms a series of theses minimalists have touted for decades. This is 
> a
> very important discovery. As I've suggested before, minimalism will go down 
> in
> the annals of scholarship as a classic case of over-reach."

Can you provide a link or reference to the article you've pulled this quote
from?

Thanks


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