Biblical Hebrew Forum

[K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>]

James:
It looks as if you don’t understand simple English either.

Further your timeline below leaves out a couple of events that impinge on
this discussion:

Between Eden episode and flood there was spreading out of population and
naming of pre-flood geography.

So what part of “reuse” do you not understand?

Karl W. Randolph.

On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 10:43 AM, James Read <J.Read-2 AT sms.ed.ac.uk> wrote:

>
> Hi,
>
> ----->eden episode----->flood------>birth of Cush-->naming of
> Cush--->naming the land after Cush because that's where his offspring lived.
>
> Please show me how your reuse hypothesis fits into the above timeline.
>
> James Christian
>
>
>
> Quoting K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>:
>
>  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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