Biblical Hebrew Forum

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

Hi,


Quoting Yitzhak Sapir <yitzhaksapir AT gmail.com>:

> On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 4:25 PM, James Read wrote:
> > Thank you.
> >
> > To the best of my recollection I haven't stated one. And rightly so. Because
> > I don't, as yet, even have one.
>
> Great, so now we can continue the discussion?

Sure.


> Even if you don't think yourself to have a position, you do seem to have one.
> For example, you began the discussion by suggesting we postulate all kinds
> of things.

Yeah. If we don't sandbox the discussion then it is becomes impossible  
to analyse the meaning of the text as the author intended it to be  
understood. There are obviously contextual factors that the author  
took it for granted that we would simply know like what language was  
spoken by which people in which country. While it was probably a fair  
assumption with his direct audience the sands of time have made those  
assumptions less valid. Sandboxing the discussion allows us to analyse  
these assumptions.

James Christian




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