Biblical Hebrew Forum

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

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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