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RE: Written by Women.???

From: "Dave Washburn" <dwashbur AT nyx.net>
To: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: RE: Written by Women.???
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2001 17:21:35 -0700

We also have a female leader in Judges, to name just one more.

Dear Liz, If you read 2nd Kings, you will see that a female prophet was consulted. I would not rule out a female contributor to the Pentateuch. Bruce Gradner. At 17:22 20/02/01, you wrote:

Freedman makes a case in his Who Wrote the Torah (a case adopted without attribution by Bloom) for the J writer to be female. My question is how literate were women? How likely is it for there to have been women writers? It seems very unlikely to me. Liz > --- You are currently subscribed to b-hebrew as: [b.gardner AT abdn.ac.uk] To unsubscribe, forward this message to leave-b-hebrew- 90212Y AT franklin.oit.unc.edu To subscribe, send an email to join-b- hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu.

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Re: Written by Women.???, Christine Bass, 02/19/2001
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- Re: Written by Women.???, M. Brody, 02/20/2001
- RE: Written by Women.???, Liz Fried, 02/20/2001
- RE: Written by Women.???, Bruce Gardner, 02/20/2001
- Re: Written by Women.???, Numberup, 02/20/2001
- Re: Written by Women.???, Raymond de Hoop, 02/20/2001
- Re: Written by Women.???, Raymond de Hoop, 02/20/2001
- Re: Written by Women.???, Christine Bass, 02/20/2001
- Re: Written by Women.???, Bill Rea, 02/20/2001
- RE: Written by Women.???, Dave Washburn, 02/20/2001
- Re: Written by Women.???, Dave Washburn, 02/20/2001
- Re: Written by Women.???, Dave Washburn, 02/20/2001
- Re: Written by Women.???, Samuel Payne, 02/21/2001
- Re: Written by Women.???, Raymond de Hoop, 02/21/2001
- Re: Written by Women.???, Raymond de Hoop, 02/21/2001
- Re: Written by Women.???, Dave Washburn, 02/21/2001
- Re: Written by Women.???, Dave Washburn, 02/21/2001
- Re: Written by Women.???, Bruce Gardner, 02/21/2001
- RE: Written by Women.???, Liz Fried, 02/21/2001
- Re: Written by Women.???, Raymond de Hoop, 02/21/2001