Biblical Hebrew Forum

[George Athas <George.Athas AT moore.edu.au>]

Karl wrote:

"...his basic thesis is that the documents give a
certain message, but that he doesn't believe their message..."

You're putting words in my mouth, Karl. I didn't say that at all. I implied 
that the documents have a message which might be different to what many 
people in this thread think it is. You're implying that the message is 
necessarily historical in the way we perceive history today. I'm arguing that 
probably is not be the case, but rather that the ancient had a different 
concept of to us. You're arguing that we should impose our definition of 
history onto these documents, while I'm arguing that we should try to 
understand what the documents themselves define as history.

Whether or not I believe the message is a different issue altogether, and not 
really pertinent to the list (though, FWIW, I am a Bible-believing 
evangelical Christian).


Regards,

GEORGE ATHAS
Moore Theological College (Sydney, Australia)
www.moore.edu.au