Biblical Hebrew Forum

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

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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