Biblical Hebrew Forum

[K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>]

We need to return this list to its purpose, namely a discussion of the
language, grammar and meaning of Biblical Hebrew. History was to be
mentioned only in as far as it relates to an understanding of the language,
where the linguistic factors are mentioned first, then a possible historical
reconstruction given to try to explain the language..

The problem with Jim is that he starts out with his view of history, then
marshals linguistic and other arguments to try to back up his history.
Worse, almost every one of Jim’s essays mentions his view of history. If I
were a moderator of this list, I would put Jim on moderation, refusing to
post any of his essays that mentions his historical reconstruction, allowing
only those that stick to the topic of Hebrew language. I predict that such a
course would effectively shut Jim up, because he has given no indication
that he knows Biblical Hebrew.

No, we’re not trying to limit who may join the list, only that those who
join follow the rules of the list.

Karl W. Randolph.

On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 8:45 AM, James Christian
<jc.bhebrew AT googlemail.com>wrote:

> I won't call you a prophet George because I think we all pretty much
> predicted that his reply would be another essay that regurgitates the same
> stuff over and over again. Can we just ban the topic but stick to the ban
> this time and bring some order back to b-hebrew? It would be nice if we
> could have at least one discussion which didn't get hijacked and turned
> into
> 'the pinpoint historical accuracy of Genesis 14 when taken out of its
> geographical and temporal context and forced into another one'.
>
> This guy is never going to accept that the Horites does not equal the
> Hurrians or that his view of the Amorites is misguided. It's really
> pointless to continue any discussion. I've personally given up trying to
> respond to him and reason with him. I suggest everybody else just ignores
> him as well. We had that funny mathematical theory of Hebrew a few years
> ago
> and everybody ended up ignoring him until he went away when he refused to
> accept any criticism. We still get the odd email from him but nothing as
> persistent as Jim. I vote for ignoring Jim unless he is willing to
> participate in other discussions that don't involve his theories. I see no
> future for b-hebrew other than constantly refuting his theories if we allow
> this to go any further.
>
> It's time to move on folks. It's getting boring. Stop feeding the troll.
>
> James Christian