To: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: Re[2]: Historiography and the Scriptures of Israel
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 13:13:50 +0100
At 16.17 15/02/99 -0500, Peter_Kirk AT SIL.ORG wrote:
>
>What examples of conflict did you intend to cite, Ian? Or couldn't you
>find any convincing ones? I would be interested to hear of any
>suggestions (apart from the ones we have heard enough of already e.g.
>the Philistines in Genesis). But I do not accept as evidence for
>conflict arguments from silence and absence of archaeological
>evidence.
Dear Peter,
I understand that you don't like the Philistine example, though it is prime
and unassailable (and not just in Genesis). How about most of the conquest
stories? How about the idea of monotheism back to Moses's times?
Ian
Historiography and the Scriptures of Israel
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