tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3444133.post7547977947256369327..comments2023-11-03T09:04:30.438+00:00Comments on PTET - godless culture: Triablogue Documentary Hypothesis FailPTEThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02950789992187538277noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3444133.post-19893908952437132272010-08-07T22:14:11.943+01:002010-08-07T22:14:11.943+01:00Another note. After further research, I realise Jo...Another note. After further research, I realise John Currid does not in fact think that *any* part of the Biblie is mythological - because he <a href="http://www.rts.edu/site/about/beliefs.aspx" rel="nofollow">holds</a> that "the Bible is absolutely and finally authoritative as the inerrant Word of God".<br /><br />Whether this means he still can be described as a credible scholar is a different matter...<br /><br />It's worth pointing out Kenneth Kitchen also thinks the historicity of the OT goes very far back - although he says elements of it, such as the ages of the patriarchs, are "pure myth".<br /><br />I live and learn...ptethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12364942327419465937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3444133.post-63408517677731151292010-08-07T21:55:21.207+01:002010-08-07T21:55:21.207+01:00A very quick quote: "the Vatican itself estim...A very quick <a href="http://www.experiencefestival.com/a/Documentary_hypothesis/id/1894857" rel="nofollow">quote</a>: "the Vatican itself estimates that 90% of academics in the field of biblical scholarship support [the Documentary Hypothesis]".ptethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12364942327419465937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3444133.post-91088119975582210272010-08-07T20:15:21.709+01:002010-08-07T20:15:21.709+01:00Hi Mr Fosi
Thanks for taking the time to drop by....Hi Mr Fosi<br /><br />Thanks for taking the time to drop by. I really appreciate it.<br /><br /><i>"Of course you didn't use those terms, but they represent the paraphrased substance of your argument. "Sound methodology" vs "standard understanding in Biblical scholarship".</i><br /><br />The documentary hypothesis *is* the standard understanding - the consensus - in Biblical scholarship. Even Conservapedia - a YEC resource - says it is. Even the Fundamentalist Scholar Bryant Wood says that it is. Both think the DH is *wrong* of course - but they recognize that the majority of Bible Scholars hold some form of it to be correct. <br /><br />"Consensus" does not mean than 100% of people agree with it. It does not mean that there are no disagreements within that consensus. It does not mean that the consensus is not open to challenge to debate. <br /><br />It would be absurd to say there is not a consensus amongst Biblical Scholars that Jesus was a real person just because some people claim he wasn't; or that there is no consensus amongst biologists that the theory of evolution is essentially correct just because some say it isn't.<br /><br />You say you took the time to try to understand my argument, but you (a) still keep insisting that I was arguing something I wasn't; and (b) you don't even seem to realize I have been banned from commenting at TB - even tho I say as much in the first line of this very thread.<br /><br /><i>"After how you represented yourself over at TB, I suppose this shot shouldn't be surprising... Still disappointing though."</i><br /><br />Disappointing? Steve Hays at Triablogue deleted my last posts there and banned me from commenting. To any casual reader, it looks as if I left the thread not only without answering Steve's posts - and also that I ran away from your accusation that I had made a claim I couldn't back up.<br /><br />Steve has deliberately and maliciously misled his readers as to what happened. Even you don't seem to realize what happened.<br /><br />Here's a clue. In a new thread at Triablogue, Steve Hays crowed about various experts who he said supported Mosaic Authorship of the Old Testament. When I pointed out that a number of these scholars, including Kenneth Kitchen an John Currid both thought much of the early OT was still mythological rather than historical, he threw a hissy fit, deleted my several of my posts, and banned me from commenting at Triablogue.<br /><br /><i>"I dropped by hoping that you would make the most of the invitation to lay out your argument. Too bad, really."</i><br /><br />I have laid out my argument. It's quite odd that you seem to insist that I am arguing something I'm not. <br /><br />If there's anything at all you'd like to discuss I'd be delighted.<br /><br />Unfotunately it won't be at TB because, as you didn't seem to have realized, I can't.<br /><br />Best wishes for your PHD...<br /><br />Pptethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12364942327419465937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3444133.post-62069834951982152662010-08-07T15:40:17.850+01:002010-08-07T15:40:17.850+01:00"Did I say that Evangelical seminaries taught...<i>"Did I say that Evangelical seminaries taught the DH as "sound methodology"? No I did not. I said they taught it, which they clearly do - as it is the standard understanding in Biblical scholarship."</i><br /><br />Of course you didn't use those terms, but they represent the paraphrased substance of your argument. "Sound methodology" vs "standard understanding in Biblical scholarship".<br /><br /><i>"According to his profile, Mr Fosi is "struggling to finish his phd". I hate to think in what."</i><br /><br />After how you represented yourself over at TB, I suppose this shot shouldn't be surprising... Still disappointing though.<br /><br />I dropped by hoping that you would make the most of the invitation to lay out your argument. Too bad, really.<br /><br />Maybe I'll see you around TB, but I suspect not.Mr. Fosihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17652392944938128012noreply@blogger.com