Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Dora Smith" <villandra AT austin.rr.com>]

I am wondering; are we specifically told that the book Josiah found was on
parchment?

Yours,
Dora Smith
Austin, Texas
villandra AT austin.rr.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Yigal Levin" <leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il>
To: "b-hebrew" <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 2:04 AM
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Josiah's book of the Law


> Unlikely, but possible in a sealed jar, even in Jerusalem. But you're
right;
> the "foundation inscriptions" buried in Mesopotamian temples and palaces
> were fired clay tablets, not parchment.
>
> Yigal
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kevin Riley" <klriley AT alphalink.com.au>
> To: <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 3:20 AM
> Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Josiah's book of the Law
>
>
> > Is it likely that a manuscript would have survived in reasonable
condition
> > for that long?
> >
> > Kevin Riley
> >
> > -------Original Message-------
> >
> > From: Dave Washburn
> > Date: 08/03/05 01:09:03
> >
> > The recent discussion that included Josiah and the discovery during his
> day
> > triggered a memory of something I read a long time ago, and I want to
toss
> > it
> > out for discussion if nobody minds.
> >
> > Merrill F. Unger, in his book "Archaeology and the Old Testament" (Grand
> > Rapids: Zondervan, 1954) p. 281 says in part that "it was customary in
> > ancient times to place documents in the foundations of buildings as is
> done
> > even to the present day [1954, at least]." He suggests that the Book of
> the
> > Law that Josiah's priests discovered had been placed in the cornerstone
of
> > the Temple by Solomon, and that during the extensive repairs to the
Temple
> > that Josiah directed, the stone masons and carpenters came across this
> > deposit and reported it to the priests. Hence the rediscovery of the
Book
> of
> > the Law. Unger also notes that Nabonidus, around the 6th century BC (BCE
> if
> > you prefer) liked to dig into foundations of buildings to see what sorts
> of
> > documents were cached away therein.
> >
> > I'm wondering what folks here think of this idea as an explanation of
the
> > discovery during Josiah's reign.
> >
> > --
> > Dave Washburn
> >
> >
> >
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