Comments on: The Return of Compare and Contrast http://bluecord.org/biblioblog/2006/05/the-return-of-compare-and-contrast/ A biblioblog Wed, 19 Nov 2008 01:57:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: biblicalia » Blog Archive » The Return of the Son of Compare and Contrast http://bluecord.org/biblioblog/2006/05/the-return-of-compare-and-contrast/#comment-42 biblicalia » Blog Archive » The Return of the Son of Compare and Contrast Tue, 09 May 2006 06:22:17 +0000 http://bluecord.org/biblioblog/2006/05/the-return-of-compare-and-contrast/#comment-42 [...] Since I’ve got a bit of time, and the plaster dust of renovation in stately biblicalia manor has settled to a degree, it’d be good to respond to Kevin Wilson’s last post over at Blue Cord. He’s got links there to all the back and forth over this, so see there for that. [...] […] Since I’ve got a bit of time, and the plaster dust of renovation in stately biblicalia manor has settled to a degree, it’d be good to respond to Kevin Wilson’s last post over at Blue Cord. He’s got links there to all the back and forth over this, so see there for that. […]

]]> By: Kevin P. Edgecomb http://bluecord.org/biblioblog/2006/05/the-return-of-compare-and-contrast/#comment-41 Kevin P. Edgecomb Fri, 05 May 2006 22:10:38 +0000 http://bluecord.org/biblioblog/2006/05/the-return-of-compare-and-contrast/#comment-41 Good luck and enjoy your trip! Good luck and enjoy your trip!

]]> By: Kevin A. Wilson http://bluecord.org/biblioblog/2006/05/the-return-of-compare-and-contrast/#comment-40 Kevin A. Wilson Fri, 05 May 2006 08:38:31 +0000 http://bluecord.org/biblioblog/2006/05/the-return-of-compare-and-contrast/#comment-40 I got it to reproduce the problem, which seems to be limited to IE. There is a lot of html code that IE does not interpret well, since it has not been updated in some time. I will see what I can do, although we are in the midst of packing for a trip to the US in a week, so coding is not going to be a top priority. Thanks for the link. I will see if they have any quick fixes. I got it to reproduce the problem, which seems to be limited to IE. There is a lot of html code that IE does not interpret well, since it has not been updated in some time. I will see what I can do, although we are in the midst of packing for a trip to the US in a week, so coding is not going to be a top priority. Thanks for the link. I will see if they have any quick fixes.

]]> By: Kevin P. Edgecomb http://bluecord.org/biblioblog/2006/05/the-return-of-compare-and-contrast/#comment-39 Kevin P. Edgecomb Fri, 05 May 2006 02:09:22 +0000 http://bluecord.org/biblioblog/2006/05/the-return-of-compare-and-contrast/#comment-39 Kevin, here are some suggestions: http://wordpress.org/support/topic/70002 I'm using WordPress 2.0.2, if you are, too, and I haven't had this happen, so perhaps it's a template thing. One of those suggestions above should do the trick. Kevin, here are some suggestions:
http://wordpress.org/support/topic/70002

I’m using WordPress 2.0.2, if you are, too, and I haven’t had
this happen, so perhaps it’s a template thing. One of those
suggestions above should do the trick.

]]> By: Kevin P. Edgecomb http://bluecord.org/biblioblog/2006/05/the-return-of-compare-and-contrast/#comment-38 Kevin P. Edgecomb Fri, 05 May 2006 01:54:58 +0000 http://bluecord.org/biblioblog/2006/05/the-return-of-compare-and-contrast/#comment-38 It happens just typing anything at all in the box, for me, on Internet Explorer 6 on Win XP, latest patches and all, work or home. The same thing used to happen on Pontifications. I remember they said it was something to do with the version they were using, and it went away when they upgraded. Are you in Wordpress 1.x or 2? I think it was the 1.x that did this. If I find anything, I'll let you know. It happens just typing anything at all in the box, for me, on
Internet Explorer 6 on Win XP, latest patches and all, work or home.
The same thing used to happen on Pontifications. I remember they
said it was something to do with the version they were using, and
it went away when they upgraded. Are you in Wordpress 1.x or 2?
I think it was the 1.x that did this. If I find anything, I’ll
let you know.

]]> By: Kevin A. Wilson http://bluecord.org/biblioblog/2006/05/the-return-of-compare-and-contrast/#comment-37 Kevin A. Wilson Thu, 04 May 2006 21:55:49 +0000 http://bluecord.org/biblioblog/2006/05/the-return-of-compare-and-contrast/#comment-37 Hmmm . . . I couldn't reproduce the problem with the comment box in either Firefox or Internet Explorer. Which browser are you using? Hmmm . . . I couldn’t reproduce the problem with the comment box in either Firefox or Internet Explorer. Which browser are you using?

]]> By: Kevin P. Edgecomb http://bluecord.org/biblioblog/2006/05/the-return-of-compare-and-contrast/#comment-36 Kevin P. Edgecomb Thu, 04 May 2006 21:34:04 +0000 http://bluecord.org/biblioblog/2006/05/the-return-of-compare-and-contrast/#comment-36 Thanks, Kevin. I'll get something up in response soon. I'm very busy at the moment, and quite distracted. One quick note: I'm entirely aware of the differences between H and P, and quite familiar with Milgrom's commmentary, as he was my Hebrew professor (which I guess you didn't know) and many other things. Part of the problem in all this is, on one side, an acceptance of the underlying assumption that the modern western supposition of logical writing are valid in ancient near eastern literary works. It is simply not so, and much "seam" talk is simply a part of the practices of writing in a less than modernly logical literature. This is a large part of my critique, entirely based in ancient literary practices, but which I'll have to leave for another time, unfortunately. Mute data may not be able to tell their own story, but we're discussing literature, which has a voice, and historical data transmitted in that literature. Your assertion that "Assyrian inscriptions and biblical texts are not truly comparable in this way, as the inscriptions we written at one time while the biblical text came into existence over centuries" is precisely at issue here, and is precisely where we disagree. And that is where it will need to remain for now. Also, please do something to fix your comment boxes. It goes off the right of the window while one types in it, making it very hard to check . Thanks, Kevin. I’ll get something up in response soon. I’m very busy at the moment, and quite distracted. One quick note: I’m entirely aware of the differences between H and P, and quite familiar with Milgrom’s commmentary, as he was my Hebrew professor (which I guess you didn’t know) and many other things.

Part of the problem in all this is, on one side, an acceptance of the underlying assumption that the modern western supposition of logical writing are valid in ancient near eastern literary works. It is simply not so, and much “seam” talk is simply a part of the practices of writing in a less than modernly logical literature. This is a large part of my critique, entirely based in ancient literary practices, but which I’ll have to leave for another time, unfortunately.

Mute data may not be able to tell their own story, but we’re discussing literature, which has a voice, and historical data transmitted in that literature. Your assertion that “Assyrian inscriptions and biblical texts are not truly comparable in this way, as the inscriptions we written at one time while the biblical text came into existence over centuries” is precisely at issue here, and is precisely where we disagree. And that is where it will need to remain for now.

Also, please do something to fix your comment boxes. It goes off the right of the window while one types in it, making it very hard to check .

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