In a message dated 8/20/2004 2:33:56 PM Pacific Daylight Time, peterkirk AT qaya.org writes:
Does this come from some midrash--or what? Just someone's imagination?Maybe. But your imagination sometimes seems just as fertile as this one.
Excuse me but--how with your present knowledge of ancient Egypt are you in a position to distinguish just what is my imagination and what is not? ...
... I know Hebrew but have the humility not to contradict anything said by them because I do not know the territory. I am not their equal in this area and must be content to read their posts and absorb what is there. ...
... Sure--I could jump right in and make them defend every one of their assertions on some pretext or another--but what for? Do you think it might be possible for you to write with a little more humility when it comes to ancient Egyptian matters? Unless you believe you are my equal in scholarship in this field.
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