I stand in agreement with Peter and with Bill. I am sure that there must
be a historical chat forum somewhere....
Ashley
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Rea" <cctr114 AT it.canterbury.ac.nz>
To: "Biblical Hebrew" <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Sent: Monday, December 11, 2000 5:05 AM
Subject: Re: Question Concerning Inspiration (was Joe)
> I agree with Peter here. This list is for Biblical Hebrew. Where
> historical evidence helps us to understand the texts it is very welcome,
> but the list is not primarily for people to "do history". It is
> quite clear from the exchanges taking place that our current historical
> knowledge isn't particularly useful in helping us understand the
> texts. People make very different interpretations based on the same
> historical evidence.
>
>
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