StephenGoranson wrote: ↑Mon Mar 04, 2024 1:19 pm
"...was the Egyptian "Book of the Dead" translated into Aramaic for the benefit of Persians?"
Why deflect from your prediction?
Oh please behave, Stephen. That's your prediction. Not mine. Please read sources and the actual argument to which I refer -- the scholarly evidence that has been advanced to support the Persian era date.
Is it not protocol to engage with my argument, not ignore it and substitute your own for it?
What is nonsense here? I’m serious. Can we not believe the best intentions? I have raised the same criticisms as I have read them in the scholarly literature. I honestly cannot understand claims of nonsense. I have even cited the literature.
Well I deleted my ad hominem post within minutes of posting it and before I saw your response to it. SG’s ad hominem still stands. And yes — what is improper or unscholarly in the way I am discussing the question? I truly am mystified.
neilgodfrey wrote: ↑Mon Mar 04, 2024 5:07 pm
Well I deleted my ad hominem post within minutes of posting it and before I saw your response to it. SG’s ad hominem still stands.
Sorry I am catching up on my ad hominems here. There is a possibility that I never read yours because I don't know what you're talking about. But maybe I did, since you said I responded to it? Not sure. I guess it's not there now, so I just don't know if I read it at this point. And I can _now_ see something clearly 'over the line' for the subforum from SG, yes, now that I've caught up.
neilgodfrey wrote: ↑Mon Mar 04, 2024 5:07 pmAnd yes — what is improper or unscholarly in the way I am discussing the question? I truly am mystified.
To demystify: I did not say that.
I can go over what I did say in a bit.
Edited to add: and I've now said more in the post mortem that follows below (read below). But, yes, I had a different point above, which was focused more on whether certain types of argumentation should be allowed. Basically, yes, the argumentation is allowed. And yes, of course, stuff that breaks forum protocol is not allowed.