Philip, could you identify which of these three below is your
actual issue? (I am not clear.)
1. we cannot know any sobriquet-bearing figures existed (hence
all discussion proceeding from that starting point is a priori fruitless).
1a. The TR and Liar presumably existed (because in CD) but the
Greg,
Good to see someone who engages on details. Here is the rabbinical
data with a critical discussion.
m Abot 1.1-4 reads, "(1) Moses received the Torah from Sinai and handed it
on to Joshua, Joshua to the Elders, the Elders to the Prophets; and the Prophets
handed it on to the men o
I forward this to the group, as his text addresses us, plural, not just me, and
since I responded to it, assuming that it went to the list.
Stephen
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Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2006 08:54:08 +0100
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Gee, Philip Davies, ought I problematise what you wrote? Or, to dialog, let me
say yes and no. Yes, a note of caution in history writing can be useful. No,
you are mistaken in declaring that that our literary sources are insufficient
for "any conclusions."
As it happens, scholarly progress has its
