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  • From: K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>
  • To: B-Hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Tolodoth theory and the date of Genesis 2:4-4:26
  • Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 10:37:09 -0700

James:
What part of “reuse” do you not understand?

Karl W. Randolph.

On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 10:34 AM, James Read <J.Read-2 AT sms.ed.ac.uk> wrote:

> 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.
>>
>
> ????????????????????????
>
>
> 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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