[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
Re: orion Chinese? (bounced)
This message apparently bounced, so I'll try again. It's about the Chinese
theory, which I consider quite unlikely. My assumption was that orion
responses can help sort out hypotheses--this one's been published, after
all, more than once, and some readers apparently received it as if it were
reliable information. My approach, I admit, may not work. Some suggest we
not respond. Apologies for any inconvenience.
Stephen Goranson goranson@duke.edu
>---------- Forwarded message ----------
>Date: Wed, 27 Aug 1997 13:37:31 GMT
>From: owner-orion@mscc.huji.ac.il
>To: msorion@panda.mscc.huji.ac.il
>Subject: BOUNCE orion@panda.mscc.huji.ac.il: Admin request of type
>/\buns\w*b/i at line 9
>
>>From msorion Wed Aug 27 16:37:27 1997
>Received: from gibson.acpub.duke.edu (root@gibson.acpub.duke.edu
>[152.3.233.8])
> by panda.mscc.huji.ac.il (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id QAA58684
> for <orion@panda.mscc.huji.ac.il>; Wed, 27 Aug 1997 16:37:20 +0300
>Received: from [152.3.251.15] (async251-15.async.duke.edu [152.3.251.15])
> by gibson.acpub.duke.edu (8.8.5/Duke-4.5.1) with ESMTP id JAA04663;
> Wed, 27 Aug 1997 09:30:39 -0400 (EDT)
>Date: Wed, 27 Aug 1997 09:30:39 -0400 (EDT)
>X-Sender: goranson@mail-go.acpub.duke.edu
>Message-Id: <v03007800b036cca7684c@[152.3.249.35]>
>Mime-Version: 1.0
>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>To: orion@panda.mscc.huji.ac.il
>From: Stephen Goranson <goranson@acpub.duke.edu>
>Subject: Re:orion Chinese?
>Cc: goranson@duke.edu
>
>The 1Q Isaiah a scroll was checked in New York by Harry Orlinsky, using an
>assumed name, according to Yadin. But John Trever had already photographed
>the scroll in 1948. I just looked at his photos, and, not that my opinion
>is central, I don't see Chinese characters. I admit I don't read Chinese,
>but a Chinese commentary would bear at least a reasonable chance of looking
>like Chinese, even to me. I can say--though I don't have the text at
>hand--that when I read the magazine article and Prof. Ralph Klein's
>response, my impression was that he was doing a service to the readers by
>noting how unsubstantiated the article was. It seems to me that, if David
>Crowder wants to check whether this hypothesis is worth asserting, he will
>need to test it by going to disinterested scholars who are familiar with
>Hebrew manuscripts and those familiar with Chinese manuscripts. He will
>need to provide clear, specific references to the texts, publications, and
>the scholars, should any of them support this. He would need to be open to
>the possibility that the reason peer-reviewed journals have not published
>anything of this sort is because it does not bear expert scrutiny. Numerous
>people who do read Chinese, surely, have visited the Shrine of the Book and
>seen photos, presumably without coming to such a conclusion. On the other
>hand, if he presents reputable scholars and specific cases and documents,
>then there would be something to talk about.
>Stephen Goranson goranson@duke.edu
>