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How does the moderator justify the retention of this comment by SG in the context of the principles / rules of this forum?

I have chosen my blog venue for replies because I have lost confidence that anything I post here will remain here and not be moved -- without notifying me -- to some other part of the earlywritings forum thus leaving me uniformed of dialogue relevant to my posts.

This is just a courtesy post to inform anyone who has replied to my posts in this "Academic Discussion" space that I am currently posting my comments along with responses by Stephen Goranson, Peter Kirby, Andrew Criddle and my rejoinders on my vridar.org blog. Of course I will be posting t...

I do not regard the absence of evidence of Pentateuchal material in the Elephantine papyri as strong evidence that the Pentateuchal material did not then exist. I agree with that. Even Hecataeus of Abdera allegedly wrote that many of the traditional customs of the Jews were altered during the rule ...

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Well I deleted my ad hominem post within minutes of posting it and before I saw your response to it. SG’s ad hominem still stands. And yes — what is improper or unscholarly in the way I am discussing the question? I truly am mystified.

What is nonsense here? I’m serious. Can we not believe the best intentions? I have raised the same criticisms as I have read them in the scholarly literature. I honestly cannot understand claims of nonsense. I have even cited the literature.

"Is it not protocol to engage with my argument, not ignore it and substitute your own for it?" Not necessarily on only your argument, or only the way you would have it discussed. Otherwise I am driving now and can't read all this or deal with all this. Can you explain what you mean by the...

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"...was the Egyptian "Book of the Dead" translated into Aramaic for the benefit of Persians?" Why deflect from your prediction? Oh please behave, Stephen. That's your prediction. Not mine. Please read sources and the actual argument to which I refer -- the scholarly evidence tha...