Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Noam Eitan <noameitan AT yahoo.com>]

That's a bit of an anti-climax, or a cop out. I am a list member on opera-l, 
which is devoted to discussions about opera. The potential there for trouble 
is much larger. What takes care of most of it is that members are 
automatically restricted to up to 2 posts a day. Anything beyond that just 
gets automatically bumped back to sender without the moderator(s) having to 
keep any grip on the reins.

Noam Eitan

Brooklyn, New york
 
> Message: 5
> Date: Sun, 23 May 2010 22:42:25 +1000
> From: George Athas <George.Athas AT moore.edu.au>
> Subject: [b-hebrew] Announcement from the Moderators
> To: B-Hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
> Message-ID: <C81F5FD1.11E91%george.athas AT moore.edu.au>
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> Dear Members,
> 
> We are aware that the tone of some of the recent
> discussions have been disturbing to many of you, and we
> appreciate your thoughts on the matter. Since the inception
> of this list, we have always attempted to encourage free
> discussion and have avoided any censorship of ideas. We
> acknowledge that professional scholars as well as
> non-professional all have much to contribute to the study of
> the Hebrew language in its biblical context. We have also
> always allowed discussion to "wander" from the strictly
> linguistic and to include historical and literary aspects of
> the biblical text as well, as we understand that language
> cannot be studied without an understanding of its wider
> context. All of this still holds true. However in light of
> recent activity on the list, we will be keeping a slightly
> tighter grip on the reins, and will be more active in
> curtailing threads that seem to be going nowhere or that
> seem to be degrading into shouting matches. We hope that all
> members will practice 
>  self-control and not force us to take stronger measures.
> 
> 
> GEORGE ATHAS
> YIGAL LEVIN
> KIRK LOWERY
> (Moderators)
>