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  • From: James Read <J.Read-2 AT sms.ed.ac.uk>
  • To: Kevin Riley <klriley AT alphalink.com.au>
  • Cc: B Hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Hebrew as a holy language
  • Date: Fri, 22 May 2009 14:11:15 +0100

Ok, I'll try one more time to get this discussion on some kind of productive track.

SUMMARY OF EVENTS LEADING TO THIS THREAD

1) In another thread there was mention of a tradition about Hebrew being the first language.

2) I decided to look into things deeper and found the earliest mention of some similar claim to have been made in Jubilees with an additional claim of holiness of the language

3) I reported this to the list without adding even a hint of an opinion on the matter believing it may have stimulated some kind of discussion

4) Since then I have been barraged with literature, intimations have been made that I hold some kind of incredible position which I have not stated at any point

5) Completely against my wishes I now find myself in the middle of a pointless debate

MY REQUEST

I would like to thank everybody who has pointed me literature of various types. I am not in an academic library of any description and unfortunately do not have to hand the literature that people feel I should read.

I would like to extend my heartfelt invitation to anybody who could spare the time to wet my appetite by explaining why you feel I should read this fine list of literature.

Being of that kind of minority disposition that likes to hear evidence from primary sources I would be forever endebted and eternally grateful if you could include in such gracious summaries references to primary sources which may help better convince me.

I would like to humbly thank you all in advance for humouring my affinity to primary sources not having the same level of regard for theories expressed without evidence as some may be accustomed to.

James Christian



Quoting Kevin Riley <klriley AT alphalink.com.au>:

James

I thought of jumping in because I find the discussion interesting, but since
you started setting the rules for the list I find I don't feel like
participating. Perhaps if you spent less time telling us all how to hold
the discussion to please you, more people might actually feel like
responding. The usual protocol is to allow the moderators to set the rules
and remind people of them when necessary. If you don't like how someone
replies, you always have the option of not replying to them. There is a
variety of people here, from dedicated sceptics to dedicated (dare I say,
fundamentalist) believers, and if you are willing to listen to all of them
share in their own way, you can learn a lot from all of them. Not all of
them share your dedication to an 'objective scientific' presentation, and
there is no reason why they should.

Kevin Riley

-------Original Message-------

From: James Read
Date: 22/05/2009 10:29:18 PM


Are you going to bring some input into this discussion at any point in
The near future?

If not, may I suggest we continue this off list?

James Christian


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