Biblical Hebrew Forum

[James Read <J.Read-2 AT sms.ed.ac.uk>]

Apologies. When you talked about how it starts and ends with Joseph I  
though you were insinuating he was the author. Anyway, that wasn't the  
point.

As per your style throughout the entirety of this discussion you have  
sidestepped the real issue that was being raised:

How do you deal with Genesis 38 without commenting briefly on  
something irrelevant and sidestepping what really matters?

James Christian


Quoting K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>:

> James:
>
> On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 9:01 AM, James Read <J.Read-2 AT sms.ed.ac.uk> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > out of the recent discussions about Karl's TLDTH theory we have heard
> > that Genesis 37 to the end of Genesis is just a story about Joseph
> > with no further significance. It has been suggested that Joseph is the
> > author of this document as his name is mentioned both at the beginning
> > and at the end.
>
> Who suggested that Joseph is the author of this document? And where? Back up
> your claim.
>
> > I am wondering how Genesis 38 fits with hypothesis.
>
>
> Which hypothesis? The one you just made up here, or the one originally
> posited in this forum?
>
>
> > Genesis 38 is a
> > story which Joseph could not have been an eyewitness of, having been
> > sold into slavery. Genesis 38 is all about the events that led up to
> > Judah becoming father to Perez and how Perez got out first before his
> > twin brother who had already stuck his hand out.
> >
> > By stroke of absolute coincidence Perez also happens to be an ancestor
> > of David.  Are we still seeing no bigger picture to this account?
> >
> > James Christian
>
> Karl W. Randolph.
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