Talk:Isa 54:11-17

Citation

I really think I should be citing my source for Jewish exegesis interpreting the verse in terms of Moses. However as the policies are currently written it seems that the exegesis section is not held to be an appropriate place to cite my source. Should I consider this an exception, is there a better place to add my citation, or ... ? (BTW my source is The Dead Sea Scrolls:A New Translation by Michael Wise, Martin Abegg and Edward Cook, p. 57, or from the scroll Geniza A, Col. 6, lines 1-11(esp. 8)) --Seanmcox 07:25, 15 Oct 2006 (UTC)

The policy as it is written has often raised this type of question. The point behind the policy is to keep the exegesis from becoming "so-and-so says this, so-and-so says that." There is nothing wrong with content that says so-and-so says this and so-and-so says that, but since this is the point of the related links section, the point of the rule against doing the same in the exegesis section is to simply keep that from crowding out exegesis.

In this case, I will try to edit what you wrote. Let me know if you think this makes sense. This may be a helpful case to think through in terms of making sure that the policy makes sense. And, if it doesn't make sense, of course, we can change it. --Matthew Faulconer 16:55, 15 Oct 2006 (UTC)

Hi Sean, I just edited it. I tried to edit it according to what I thought you were saying. Not sure I got it right. please check and re-edit. Also I didn't look up the sources so I don't know that I described them correctly. --Matthew Faulconer 17:06, 15 Oct 2006 (UTC)

Looked pretty good. I made a couple of minor edits, but I think your revising preserved the idea I was trying to get across. Thanks for responding to my query so quickly. :) --Seanmcox 23:56, 15 Oct 2006 (UTC)