On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 6:58 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: [snip]
> If the > high priest Hilkiah could read that holy work himself, why would he give it > to the scribe Shaphan to read, when the scribe usually handled secular > matters, whereas the priest handled religious matters? [snip] I don't know where you got this idea that there was such a sharp division between religious and secular matters, but it's so anachronistic I don't know where to begin. Perhaps some basic reading on the function of a scribe in ancient Israel might be a good project, because it might project you from coming up with something this absurd. Now I remember why I usually don't read your material. -- Dave Washburn Check out my Internet show: http://www.irvingszoo.com Now available: a novel about King Josiah! _______________________________________________ b-hebrew mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew
