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[b-hebrew] Literature and literacy contemporary to the Torah.

From: "Christopher V. Kimball" <kimball AT ntplx.net>
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Subject: [b-hebrew] Literature and literacy contemporary to the Torah.
Date: Wed, 07 Jul 2004 20:13:00 -0400

Taking the Torah as a 5-6 th century BCE document, what other documents OF COMPARABLE LENGTH, in any language, of this period are available?

Again focusing on the 5-6 th century BCE, how many people (of a population of how many) could read the Torah, if they had a copy?

Chris Kimball

[b-hebrew] Literature and literacy contemporary to the Torah., Christopher V. Kimball, 07/07/2004
- Re: [b-hebrew] Literature and literacy contemporary to the Torah., Jack Kilmon, 07/07/2004
  - Re: [b-hebrew] Literature and literacy contemporary to the Torah., Yigal Levin, 07/07/2004
    - Re: [b-hebrew] Literature and literacy contemporary to the Torah., Jonathan D. Safren, 07/08/2004
      - Re: [b-hebrew] Literature and literacy contemporary to the Torah., Giuseppe Regalzi, 07/09/2004
- Re: [b-hebrew] Literature and literacy contemporary to the Torah., Peter Kirk, 07/08/2004
  - Re: [b-hebrew] Literature and literacy contemporary to the Torah., Harold R. Holmyard III, 07/08/2004
    - Re: [b-hebrew] Literature and literacy contemporary to the Torah., Harold R. Holmyard III, 07/08/2004
    - Re: [b-hebrew] Literature and literacy contemporary to the Torah., Noam Eitan, 07/08/2004
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- Re: [b-hebrew] Literature and literacy contemporary to the Torah., Karl Randolph, 07/09/2004
  - Re: [b-hebrew] Literature and literacy contemporary to the Torah., Jack Kilmon, 07/09/2004