Biblical Hebrew Forum

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

Hi,

Quoting K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>:

> James:
> I just decided not to answer one of your postings in another thread that you
> started because your answer indicates ignorance of Hebrew language and
> poetry.
>
> As a group, we have had other discussions where the reuse of names for new
> places and people was an issue, and this is no different. Just because the
> post-flood land of Cush was named after one of Ham’s sons does not rule out
> that this was a reuse of a pre-flood name for a new place. The same with
> Assyria.

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Am I going to have to draw a time line?

James Christian



> This whole argument is a non-starter.
>
> Karl W. Randolph.
>
> On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 10:08 AM, James Read <J.Read-2 AT sms.ed.ac.uk> wrote:
>
> > No it isn't a non-starter.
> >
> > The land of Cush was named after Cush the son of Ham (he hadn't been born
> > yet)
> >
> > Assyria was named after Asshur the son of Shem (he hadn't been born yet
> > either)
> >
> > Please, stop sidestepping the issues and face them head on if you wish your
> > theory to be taken seriously at any level.
> >
> > James Christian
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