tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3403328333335592440.post3300698222257998848..comments2023-10-08T11:15:17.083+03:00Comments on Open Minded Torah: James Kugel and Me on How to Read the BibleAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08814307794629407094noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3403328333335592440.post-34903322345263121182010-03-15T21:17:38.250+02:002010-03-15T21:17:38.250+02:00Biblical criticism has long been shown to be fault...Biblical criticism has long been shown to be faulty and based on assumptions more tenuous than anything true believers of the Bible could be accused of. However, like the climate change proponents who were unmasked by the e-mail Climategate scandal, they have also long realized that a good offence is the best defence. Ignore the weaknesses in your position, ignore the proofs for your opponent's position and keep hammering away with the same arguments, acting like they haven't been discredited.<br />Nothing like the "Everyone's stupid but me" attitude to give one confidence.Mighty Garnel Ironhearthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09571194550300367249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3403328333335592440.post-2958580741885221762010-03-14T15:48:07.095+02:002010-03-14T15:48:07.095+02:00But Kugel is interested in authorship and intentio...But Kugel is interested in authorship and intention - but he has a non-traditional conception of authorship...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08814307794629407094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3403328333335592440.post-64064449953457749092010-03-14T15:24:53.002+02:002010-03-14T15:24:53.002+02:00I am reminded of Stanley Fish's insistence tha...I am reminded of Stanley Fish's insistence that interpretation of a text must always bear in mind the writer's intention in writing it. Kugel would do well to appreciate that the Bible was never intended as a history book and that the people for whom the bible is important really don't care very much about "what really happened".Lindsey Shapirohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08079080720864935415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3403328333335592440.post-37060222981422374872010-03-14T11:06:14.834+02:002010-03-14T11:06:14.834+02:00did you mean masochistic? though I have to confess...did you mean masochistic? though I have to confess, I find the casting of me as radical post-modernist amusing...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08814307794629407094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3403328333335592440.post-85937511551373898762010-03-14T09:23:09.510+02:002010-03-14T09:23:09.510+02:00Ouch! He's a bit nasty. i can't decide if ...Ouch! He's a bit nasty. i can't decide if i think it's honourable that you posted his mean comments or sadistic. :-/naomihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02971548347815459796noreply@blogger.com