The Inside Assyria Discussion Forum #5

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Professor Frye...

Posted by pancho (Moderator) - Sunday, September 5 2010, 13:26:16 (UTC)
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...another amateur who feels perfectly fine writing about something outside of his field of expertise. Dr. Frye is a recognized scholar, one of the very best, in early Persian history. Yet he has written articles such as the one this professor critiques. It should be pointed out that Goofey could also write for the Journal of Assyrian Scholarly Academic something-or-other. This is not a journal, it is not scholarly and it is not academic, and it isn´t assyrian either..it just uses those words to polish its image..as Nestorians added "Assyrian" do to spiff up their´s.

Let Dr Frye try find a publisher, I mean a real one, for any book he wrote on this same topic, and he´d quickly see that knowledge of your subject means more than just what you think you know...but he already knows that and that´s why he, and Dr Joseph, sticks to their field of expertise, for serious things, for professional things...it also shows a certain lack of respect for your intended audience, in this case assyrians, if you feel, as Dr Frye apparently does, no need to be an expert in the field before you mouth off...Like, "they´ll never know the difference anyway, or care because they like being flattered more than anything". Something Dr Joseph never would even think of.

Dr. Joseph´s field of expertise is modern Middle Eastern History...which encompasses the time and place of modern assyrinas...he is not an Assyriologist and would never write on the subject as if he was, making sweeping generalizations and picking things out of context, to please his wife...for we must admit that Dr Frye is married to the delightful and accomplished and lovely (and assyrian) Dr Eden Naby (lord help them if their son turns out to be a nurse)...and no doubt on several occasions Dr Naby whispered in DR Frye´s ear about her assyrian identity....if Dr Naby whispered in my ear I´d be all ears too.

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why waste time with scholars..... pancho - Sunday, September 5 2010, 12:46:53 (UTC)
- Professor Frye... pancho - 09/05 13:26
  - Re: Professor Frye... Rashad - 09/05 19:57

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