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  • From: dwashbur AT nyx.net
  • To: B-Hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] theories and standards
  • Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 00:48:14 -0700

We could always diverge into this subject and play with canopy theory...

(ducking now!)

On 20 May 2009 at 8:39, James Read wrote:

> I think that what seems to be happening here is a classic problem of
> 'same data different interpretation'
>
> George seems to be taking the data of many ancient cultures using long
> survival ages of their ancestors and interpreting this as a customary
> device to exaggerate the life span of your ancestors.
>
> Other people might take the same data and conclude that if that, that
> must mean that people really did live for longer than we do today at
> one time. There are so many independent cultures claiming the same
> thing that it must have some historical basis.
>
> James Christian
>
>
>
> Quoting George Athas <George.Athas AT moore.edu.au>:
>
> > Hi Karl.
> >
> > What I meant by "Ok..." is that even if you've made one part of a
> > text 'believable', there are still other parts of the text that also
> > need to be made 'believable'. You have to agree that people living
> > for centuries is beyond what we can tell as 'normal'. Just think
> > about Ps 89.10 - 70 or 80 years is a good life. You have to come up
> > with a believable hypothesis for how people lived for centuries at
> > one point in time. My hypothesis is that this is a literary device
> > and that people didn't actually live for centuries. This is not the
> > same as saying it's lying or incoherent, which is what you're
> > implying your 'third option' is about. It's simply saying that at
> > one point, this is how people talked about the past.
> >
> > Finally, I know my beliefs mean nothing to you, which is why I added
> > "FWIW". If you like, we can talk about that offlist.
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > GEORGE ATHAS
> > Moore Theological College (Sydney, Australia)
> > www.moore.edu.au
> >
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