Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Liz Fried" <lizfried AT umich.edu>]

Bill Rea wrote
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> 
> Karl wrote:-
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> > Thus Jeremiah, though he himself was literate, called on Barukh , a
> > professional scribe, to write out his words.
> 
> How do you know Jeremiah was literate?
> 
> 
Indeed. 
I read an article somewhere a while back which suggested
that the reason that Josiah went to Hulda to have the scroll
read was that Jeremiah couldn't read.
(sorry that I forget the author and cannot provide attribution).

Liz