----- Original Message ----- From: "Jack Kilmon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Jim West" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Gregory L Doudna" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004 8:24 PM Subject: Re: [Megillot] Redating the Dead Sea Scroll Deposits
> > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jim West" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Gregory L Doudna" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004 1:39 PM > Subject: Re: [Megillot] Redating the Dead Sea Scroll Deposits > > > > At 07:11 PM 6/10/04 +0200, you wrote: > > > > >Magness states that she has neither "time nor inclination" to > > >engage specifics. > > > > > >Greg Doudna > > > > That's a shame. If someone has put enough thought into something to say > > they disagree with it completely then surely they can stoop to explain why > > so that the person can evaluate with fresh eyes their own ideas. The > > imperialism of some academics is simultaneously disgusting and > disheartening. > > > > Nevertheless, gross generalities like "disagree with all of it" should not > > be taken with any level of seriousness. Such statements simply show that > > the person making them is disengaged. Unless your paper is refuted point > by > > point it stands unrefuted. > > > I think Jim will agree with me that very often these types of "debates" are > not as much issues of scholarship and methods as they are about "territory." > You know..that which kept the DSS hoarded for 50 years. ..etc, etc. Sorry about the dittography in that post...it appears my mouse double clicks. JK _______________________________________________ g-Megillot mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.McMaster.CA/mailman/listinfo/g-megillot
