Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Jan-Wim Wesselius" <jwwesselius AT mail.thuk.nl>]

Did anyone mention Jer. 32:10 yet? It proves that he could at least sign his
name. It seems unlikely that he could not read, though one cannot, of
course, gauge his proficiency. Hope this helps,

Jan-Wim Wesselius
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-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Kirk <peter.r.kirk AT ntlworld.com>
To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Date: Monday, May 19, 2003 11:55 AM
Subject: RE: [b-hebrew] Re:


This would seem to be a strange argument. Jeremiah's ministry started in the
thirteenth year of Josiah (Jer 1:2) and so would have been going for only
five years when the book of the law was found (2Ki 22:3); so by this time he
was still young and not necessarily a prominent figure. And he was never a
royal favourite. There were doubtless many people in Jerusalem who could
read, some better than others. That Hilkiah and others (not Josiah himself -
2Ki 22:14) sought out Huldah, perhaps because she could read especially well
but perhaps for totally different reasons, is absolutely no grounds for
arguing that Jeremiah couldn't read.

Peter Kirk
peter.r.kirk AT ntlworld.com
http://web.onetel.net.uk/~peterkirk/


> -----Original Message-----
> From: b-hebrew-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:b-hebrew-
> bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Liz Fried
> Sent: 19 May 2003 14:17
> To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: RE: [b-hebrew] Re:
>
> Bill Rea wrote
> >
> >
> > Karl wrote:-
> >
> > > 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
>
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