Biblical Hebrew Forum

[James Christian <jc.bhebrew AT googlemail.com>]

Apologies. I haven't checked my email for a while and just started replying
as I read them. It was only after I'd replied that I realised it had already
been closed. Apologies.

James Christian

2010/2/25 Yigal Levin <leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il>

> Dear James,
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> This thread was closed last week. Please don't re-start it.
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> Yigal Levin
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> Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2010 5:24 PM
> To: K Randolph
> Cc: B-Hebrew
> Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Gen 10:25 dividing the earth
>
> Hi Doug,
>
> for what it's worth I'd have to side with those who have already commented
> on the contextual relevance to the story of the division of the peoples of
> the earth caused by the division of their language. The contextual evidence
> is just far too great. I can see where some people are coming from in their
> attempts to harmonise this historical record with scientific theories but
> close inspection of the text just shows that these things simply aren't
> there. Peleg lived in the time the world was divided into different nations
> with different languages. There is simply no contextual clue which would
> give an average reader without some kind of pseudo-scientific agenda to the
> conclusion that Peleg was called such because of the formation of the
> continents. If Peleg lived outside of the time of the division of the world
> into different nations then the pseudo-scientific theory might be worth
> considering. As it stands, quite bluntly, it isn't.
>
> James Christian
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