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OT- language of Ezra.

From: "tom spackman" <dillfest95 AT hotmail.com>
To: b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu
Subject: OT- language of Ezra.
Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 18:24:43 +0000

I am looking for ANE references to language like that of Darius in Ezra 6. Darius issues a decree that anyone who changes the text of his edict will have their house pulled down, and they will be impaled upon a beam of the house. He also invokes god's wrath on anyone who changes the text. Now, I know I've read Hittite and Egyptian examples of this, invoking a curse on anyone who changes the text, perhaps in Pritchard, but I can't find any right now. Does anyone have any examples, with the citations?
Thanks much, Ben Spackman

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OT- language of Ezra., tom spackman, 01/14/2003
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- Re: OT- language of Ezra., David Baker, 01/14/2003