From: "Herman Meester" <crazymulgogi AT gmail.com>
To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] hell
Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2006 21:21:04 +0100
2006/3/18, Peter Kirk <peter AT qaya.org>:
> Indeed. And he and you have a right to your view, and to argue for it by
> the usual academic channels. But those who put forward unusual minority
> opinions should accept that for the time being that is what they are,
> and not put them forward is if they were the uncontested truth of the
> matter, especially to audiences (such as on the b-hebrew list) where
> this is not their speciality. That is why I wanted to ensure that your
> minority view of this matter was balanced by a clear explanation of the
> majority scholarly view.
>
I guess you have a point there. However, I never thought my position
would be so easily accepted. Furthermore I thought people on the list
got used to the idea I occasionally represent minority opinions ;)