Whatever, Karl,That introduction gives a clue that the following may be sloppy
The Israelites didn't live in segregated conclaves, towns of fairly goodWhere do you get that "seem to assume"? A rural population does NOT
sized populations -- nope, they were scattered all over the place, or so
you seem to assume. In Egypt of all places. Wow!
Residents of farming communities and hamlets didn't have to know theKnowledge and following are two different things. Even if the city
governing customs in order to survive, isn't that what you contend?
Peasants and nomads are not the most tradition ridden social groups,
right?
.... They don't have to know the rules of the land they are in..See above.
.
Illiterates don't have to know the rules or how to recognize official docsWho said they were illiterates?
in order to survive, correct?
Luchot are hubcaps not tablets made of stone, wood or metal.Correct?This question is twaddle that does not deserve an answer.
Moshe is God's voice, he speaks to the people for him, at least asThere were urban traditions, farming traditions, nomad traditions, and
presented in the MT. Exodus isn't full of that, right? No, siree, unique,
not another ANE tradition. (what the heck do you think priestesses and
priests did anyway? They were the voices of the God(s) their job was to
speak to the peoples for the gods and vice versa. Naw, Moshe isn't
following ANE traditions.)
The Israelites never followed any ANE traditions, not even to the making ofSince when does there is no evidence that they followed certain ANE
animal idols.
They were just conscripted laborers, oh yeah? Ever actually read theThe specific complaint listed was the making of adobe bricks. That was
complaints? Do so some time. They kvetch about taxes, not the labor.
Solomon's; temple wasn't built in the tradition of ANE temples and ANEOK. So I missed a red herring logical fallacy nested among your straw
temples didn't have courtyards -- with walls, right?. Ever read up on
Herod's temple -- small for historic reasons? That's why he built that huge
plaza, couldn't change the dimensions of the Temple.
And I don't assert that the PaleoLev is confirmation; I mention it as aThat sounds like a backing off. I was under the impression that you
possible indication. Nothing more.
Whatever pleases you is fine by me.Good and honest scholarship is what pleases me. That does not mean
Enough. I have work to do. I finally managed to get a copy of an articleIn closing, this letter did mention one thing from BH, namely the
that I need to finish a project I've been working on for more than two years.
bye, bye,
risa
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