Biblical Hebrew Forum

[belaga AT math.u-strasbg.fr]

Quoting Yitzhak Sapir <yitzhaksapir AT gmail.com>:

> On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 3:48 PM, Mr. Belaga wrote:
>
> > This rather typical exchange raises the question: to what degree
> > should we take care of what the Biblical sources and related Jewish
> > and Christian commentaries of the distant past speak about.
> >
> > Here, the camps of believers and skeptics look at each other with disdain.
>
> I do not look upon anyone with disdain, and I resent your implication that
> I do not treat the ancient sources with great care.
>
> Yitzhak Sapir

Dear Yitzhak,

Just to illustrate what I was saying before: Karl writes (I didn't  
have time till this late hour to review all the related posts):

"I happen to trust that the Bible gives an accurate account of history, other
people say it is fiction. To each his own. We are here to discuss the
language, not whether or not what the message imparted by the language is
true or fiction."

This is a good exemple (out of many other variants) of a "believer".  
Of course, I do not know whether he or you are "believers" otherwise  
(you probably are hinting in your post that you are not, but I prefer  
not to dwell into it). In my professional and private life I make no  
difference, even if in the context of the Bible discussions one might  
correctly guess what I believe in.

Sorry again.

Dr. Edward G. Belaga
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