Comments on: Minimalists should not create their own histories.

By: dinosaurs and fossils

dinosaurs and fossils — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 19:01:34 +0000

[...] great debates. And Bones To Pick: Paleontologist William Hammer hunts dinosawww.metafilter.comMinimalists should not create their own histories.Minimalists should not create their own histories. Published January 30, 2008 in Academics and [...]

By: Blake Reas

Blake Reas — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 02:14:46 +0000

“Ahh, the “problem of induction” and Wittgenstein. Of course, as I am sure you recall, the problem of induction (”unicorns? Where??” or “I have never seen a black swan, only white swans, thus all swans are white”) is that such statements imply the observation of the complete set. It is just this philosophical debate in the realm of science which led Karl Popper to develop his views of falsificationism in his work The Logic of Scientific Discovery.”

Don’t you know that all that Wittgenstein, Kant, Descartes, Reid, and Sosa are all philosophers! They are influenced by Greek thought so we can dismiss them…sheesh! I think Jim West has written extensively on not confusing philosophy with theological issues.

(This was all tongue in cheek of course)

Blake Reas

By: Higgaion » Maximinimania

Higgaion » Maximinimania — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 00:07:49 +0000

[...] summary, but disagreed with Claude’s assessment of the book. Chris Brady weighed in with a long post, generally favorable to Claude, which elicited one of the most bizarre misreadings I could have [...]

By: biblicalia » Blog Archive » Biblical Studies Carnival XXVI

biblicalia » Blog Archive » Biblical Studies Carnival XXVI — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 22:50:14 +0000

[...] the History of Israel, followed by responses from Jim West and Duane Smith. Christian Brady then takes up the theme, with a short retort from Jim West. Of course, the whole issue then becomes a to-do (on the last [...]

By: Chris Brady

Chris Brady — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 19:13:41 +0000

Kevin, you are right about some rabbinic texts and there are other variations on that as well (two and four). The Solger manuscript of the targumim uses three yodim for YHWH. But I doubt if the notation itself would have become in some way sacrosanct. Not that i am wedded to the idea, but as a fun theory I don’t think this evidence necessarily rules out a vulgar usage.

By: Kevin P. Edgecomb

Kevin P. Edgecomb — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 18:55:56 +0000

Triple yods are used in Rabbinic literature to represent the Tetragrammaton. It wouldn’t have also been used to represent something so generically disrespectful as blah-blah-blah/yadda-yadda-yadda. I don’t think you’re right about that. But it’s a fun idea!

By: My grandmother would be proud! at Targuman

My grandmother would be proud! at Targuman — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 18:22:47 +0000

[...] her, she is still alive after all. My post title refers to the post by Dr. Jim West in response to my plea to minimalists. I will get to Grandma in a moment, but first I want to set the record straight. My post was not in [...]

By: Blue Cord » The Thoughts of a Medialist

Blue Cord » The Thoughts of a Medialist — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 17:13:04 +0000

[...] Claude Mariottini’s post on Israel’s History and the History of Israel. Jim West and Christian Brady have offered follow-up posts on the subject, as have a number of [...]

By: Minimalists should not create their own histories.

Minimalists should not create their own histories. — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:33:30 +0000

[...] Minimalists should not create their own histories. Ta.] Dr. Claude Mariottini has a long post with a non-review of Mario Liverani’s Israel’s History and the History of Israel. [...]

By: Steve Brady

Steve Brady — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:18:15 +0000

Okay, so my link to my previous writings for some reason didn’t work. The link from 2004 is: http://theprofessornotes.com/archives/20