I think a couple of comments are in order here.
While it is no secret that I am not all that fond of certain aspects of AlanF's debating style, I beleive I can say with assurance that Scholar has been well and truly had. AlanF has convinced me, and Dansk has confirmed it as well, that Jonsson's book has not only been properly reviewed, and favorably at that, by real scholars who have the authority to weigh in on the matter. What you forget, scholar, is that it is all about credentials. Those who have the proper credentials are the last word on such esoteric subject, and who don't aren't.
The problem with Furuli critiquing Johnsson is that just doesn't have the training which qualifies him to authoritatively critique a work on Babylonian chronology. I am sure that in his rather narrow field (Hebrew verbs) Furuli can and does speak with a measure of authority which commands respect and attention in his field. However, out side of his field is another matter altogether.
I know, Ph.D's do that all the time, and they are entitled to their opinions just as Furuli is to his. However, when they go outside their fields, you can't take them seriously unless somebody in that field endorses their conclusions. So far, the only comment I have avialable, the one presented in this thread, by an expert in the field of Babylonian studies doesn't endorse Furuli at all. Now the guy could be blowing smoke for all I know, but until I see creditable evidence to the contrary, I have to accept his critque.
I've read the critique, and I get the same understanding of what the man is saying out of it that AlanF and his supporters do. And I say that as a matter of objectivity since I have nothing against Rolf Furuli at all.
Really, Furuli needs to be careful about going outside of his field and making a possible ass out of himself. If he continues to risk his authority by weighing in on matters he has not the academic qualifications to expound on, and he gets his head handed to him on a platter by the experts in those fields, then he risks not being taken seriously in his own field. And that is professional suicide! He is welcome to his beliefs as far as I am concerned. But he does need to be very careful. And you need to check your premises as well. Your continued repetion of assertions with out creditble proof just makes you look foolish and gullible and does nothing for your arguement.
Even I know better than to try that with AlanF!
Respectfully
Forscher
