[b-hebrew] Tel Zayit Abecedary
Read, James C
K0434995 at kingston.ac.uk
Wed Nov 9 13:50:31 EST 2005
Maybe it was for the nephilim?;-)
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From: b-hebrew-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org on behalf of Dave Washburn
Sent: Wed 11/9/2005 4:53 PM
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Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Tel Zayit Abecedary
On Wednesday 09 November 2005 05:15, Yitzhak Sapir wrote:
> The New York times relates on a Tel Zayit inscription recently found.
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/09/international/middleeast/09alphabet.html
I found this paragraph curious:
--
The two lines of incised letters, apparently the 22 symbols of the Hebrew
alphabet, were on one face of the 40-pound stone. A bowl-shaped hollow was
carved in the other side, suggesting that the stone had been a drinking
vessel for cult rituals, Dr. Tappy said. The stone, he added, may have been
embedded in the wall because of a belief in the alphabet's power to ward off
evil.
--
Putting aside for a moment the notion about the power of the alphabet, I have
to ask: a 40 pound drinking vessel?
--
Dave Washburn
http://www.nyx.net/~dwashbur
"Maybe I'll trade it for a new hat."
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