tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613525030683671127.post3594708609051287837..comments2023-10-12T14:09:33.965-07:00Comments on The Biblia Hebraica Blog: Hendel: Farewell to SBLDouglas Mangumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15267532075493569019noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613525030683671127.post-84255396546108051892010-06-21T18:33:42.466-07:002010-06-21T18:33:42.466-07:00Yes, one of the things Hendel seems to be worried ...Yes, one of the things Hendel seems to be worried about is the erosion of a common ground that people of sometimes radically conflicting metaphysical and religious commitments can share. Arguments based on textual and physical evidence that make the fewest possible assumptions and rely on the richest background of documented human culture and practice can be pretty fraught too. But I think they're only way we can hope to be fair to both scholarship and religion.Seth Sandershttp://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/catalog/25gpe5nz9780252032844.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613525030683671127.post-72816892434982437722010-06-21T11:52:56.169-07:002010-06-21T11:52:56.169-07:00I'm not saying we don't all have presuppos...I'm not saying we don't all have presuppositions that affect how we read the text. My statement above is a bit idealistic but the goal is to focus on something like a neutral middle ground built on evidence rather than all the side trails of religion where a leap of faith is often necessary to get there from the evidence alone.Douglas Mangumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15267532075493569019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613525030683671127.post-53492847905168735802010-06-21T11:35:39.025-07:002010-06-21T11:35:39.025-07:00I enjoyed the post. I wonder, however, how reasona...I enjoyed the post. I wonder, however, how reasonable it is to "discuss the Bible from a critical, academic point of view, free from dogma and religious divisions"? I suppose it is indeed possible but such an approach seems to have its own bias.gethnchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03787852651716180360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613525030683671127.post-87374089811303284012010-06-18T20:39:16.560-07:002010-06-18T20:39:16.560-07:00I completely agree. The rule for thumb in an acad...I completely agree. The rule for thumb in an academic context, as opposed to a church, should be the use of publicly available evidence and argument rather than simply appealing to private revelation (a Christian scholar would never accept such a argument if it was made from a scholar from another religious tradition). I am fine with working in a Christian context and discussing the theological implications of a text, but I just don't think SBL or reviews in RBL is the appropriate place to do it.Mike Khttp://www.thegoldenrule1.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613525030683671127.post-77259646510382709372010-06-18T18:37:10.706-07:002010-06-18T18:37:10.706-07:00So many of these highly educated literalists are j...So many of these highly educated literalists are just boring, drilling in mid air, no wood to penetrate. I dislike all forms of power mongering. I had no idea that the SBL had changed its mission (I myself am not an unbeliever. I wouldn't bother with the ancient texts if there was nothing to witness to and no problems to be delivered from.)Bob MacDonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11335631079939764763noreply@blogger.com