-Caveat Lector-
In a message dated 99-10-14 15:43:20 EDT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>But Sitchin is well aware of this devil's advocacy, and vaporizes
>the arguments of skeptics with solid scholarship, including
>the most rigorous translations of Sumerian text, Vedic tales and excerpts
>from the original Greek and Hebrew versions of the Bible.
>This ability to translate many languages is no small achievement. Those of
>us who will never possess the ability to decipher 6,000-year-old clay
tablets
>must TRUST <sic> that Sitchin has done his job accurately.
>The work of Zecharia Sitchin is without question the most mind stretching
>cosmology available to date. Furthermore, it appears
>unchangeable academically.
Oh, bull. Might as well say Art Bell is a more brilliant physicist than
Albert Einstein.
Sitchin is just another Von Dahniken, with a bigger grab-bag bibliography
tacked on.
Academically, Sitchin's work is SO POOR --tested, he couldn't even "decipher"
ordinary Sumerian GRAMMAR correctly!-- it's BENEATH COMMENT by reputable
scholars.
His CONCEPTS are provocative, sure, but as for PROVING them, he not only
grasps at straws, he FABRICATES much "evidence," perfectly willing to LIE to
suit his purposes.
I've met him and I've asked him challenging questions, which he was unable to
answer, since any conversation outside his (prepared) "script" reveals that
he is less intelligent than many of his readers. The only question is, who's
his 'ghost writer'? -- Cui bono?
He claims to have studied under Samuel Noah Kramer. Dr Kramer never heard of
him. Do other Sumerologists know of him? No, since he has never studied at
any university with a faculty devoted to ancient languages. Does he have a
degree? Let him try and prove THAT! He states he studied at the London
School of Economics -- prep-school for NWO intelligentsia, including psy-op
specialists like (small world) Whitley Strieber-- where he says he majored in
ECONOMICS. A short-term summer-school program, no doubt. If he's such a
brilliant scholar, where do we see his Curriculum Vitae, much less his
RESUME? NONE of his own claims about his background can be substantiated ...
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