Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Dan Wagner <Dan.Wagner AT datastream.net>]

That is a good point regarding possible diachronic development and i'm
inclined to agree. But i'm especially curious if there is non-Biblical
evidence for its usage from the ancient Near East during or before Biblical
times.

Thanks,
Dan Wagner

> -----Original Message-----
> From: stig.norin AT teol.uu.se [mailto:stig.norin AT teol.uu.se]
> Sent: Friday, January 26, 2001 11:27
> To: Biblical Hebrew
> Subject: Re: Tearing of clothes
> 
> 
> According to what I think I have found, tearing of clothes 
> has someting to
> do with a person beeing in a situation av total despair or a 
> situation when
> a person is total perplexed and cannot find any way out. 
> Later the custom
> became someting done when someone was a witness to blasphemy 
> (Like in the
> New Test.) but that seems not to be the situation when people 
> tear their
> clothes in the Hebrew Bible.
> 
> 
> Stig N
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