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  • From: James Read <J.Read-2 AT sms.ed.ac.uk>
  • To: K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>
  • Cc: B-Hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Tolodoth and literary structure
  • Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 17:16:24 +0100

Hi,



Ps: to Yitzhak:

I have specifically avoided the use of the term “colophon” because it is my
understanding that a colophon is a statement added later, sometimes much,
much later, by a publisher or other writer, that it is not part of the
original document. In contrast, the title and even author can be chosen by
the author himself for the document.

I admit that the lecturer that I heard could have been mistaken, but he
specifically stated that the author and title were what was at the end of a
narration, not a colophon.

Further, I notice in the case of Genesis 2:4, that the title is in the same
style as the preceding chapter, as I mentioned above.

Further, the lecturer specifically mentioned that the practice of appending
the title and author at the end of a document went out of use before 1500 BC
(replaced by the colophon?) which would make later examples such as that in
Ruth irrelevant to the discussion. Where he got his information? I don’t
know.

Now, how did I know you would just sidestep the issue rather than dealing with it full on. I think, by now, it has become completely obvious that you are not willing to engage in an objective consideration of this and that your mind is already made up and you will continue to base everything on the assumption that this understanding is the correct one and will not step back and look at the evidence objectively.

James Christian




When I read Genesis, I see the TLDT formula as consistent with what the
lecturer said. As for the dates, the lecturer may yet be proven wrong.
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