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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] Genesis 38 and the TLDTH theory
  • Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 19:18:41 +0100

I think the summary below makes it quite clear what theory I am talking about. For your benefit I cut and paste below:

You hypothesised something on the lines of the TLDTHs being formulas of
title and author. You later revised it said that author is not always
necessary.

Later you made the claim that final account in Genesis was a story about
Joseph with no further significance and so had nothing to do with the
lineage of Jacob such that the understanding 'History of Jacob' couldn't be
a title for the last section of Genesis.

So, please, I know you are very good at sidestepping. I don't need any further demonstrations. Just, please, either answer the question or let's think about something else more productive we can debate about.

James Christian


Quoting K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>:

James:
You still didn’t answer my question: “Which hypothesis? The one you just
made up here, or the one originally posited in this forum?”

I will go to your next point when you answer this one.

Karl W. Randolph.

On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 10:40 AM, James Read <J.Read-2 AT sms.ed.ac.uk> wrote:

You just did it again. Is there an art to this sidestepping technique you
have mastered so gracefully.



So, I repeat the question 'how do you handle Genesis 38 in your theory that
this is just a story about Joseph with no further significance'?

I hope that this time I will receive an answer. But I have no doubt that
you will sidestep this entirely and treat it as irrelevant. I have started
to notice a pattern in what you consider to irrelevant: absolutely anything
that presents a problem for you theory!

James Christian




Quoting K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>:

James:
You didn’t answer my second question, to wit: “Which hypothesis? The one
you
just made up here, or the one originally posited in this forum?”

Karl W. Randolph.

On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 10:23 AM, James Read <J.Read-2 AT sms.ed.ac.uk>
wrote:

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


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