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From: "Fred Putnam" <fputnam AT biblical.edu>
To: "Biblical Hebrew" <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: by lot
Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 12:37:03 -0500

Whenever questions are recorded regarding using either the lot or
Urim/Thummim the questions were polar--either "yes-no" or "Is this the one?"
(1 Sam 14.36-42; 23.6-13)--or the narrative allows this interpretation (e.g.,
Achan's guilt, Saul's kingship). This suggests that whatever the physical
means (a two-sided piece of ?? with one marked side), allotment entailed
polar elimination or selection.

You could also try ABD or NIDOTTE.

Best wishes,
Fred

Frederic Clarke Putnam, Ph.D.
"Dominus illuminatio mea."

Professor of Old Testament
Biblical Theological Seminary
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215-368-5000x150 (office & voice-mail)

by lot, Fred Putnam, 12/10/2001