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Re: [b-hebrew] 5 scrolls or 1

From: "John W. Leys" <eliyahu5733 AT gmail.com>
To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] 5 scrolls or 1
Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 13:19:29 -0400

On 8/17/05, Jim West <jwest AT highland.net> wrote:

> It would have been physically impossible to contain the entire Torah
> on one scroll. Impossible. The thing would have been unusable.

Not true. The entire Torah is contained on a single scroll in modern
Synagogues. Its heavy, but not unusable. Why would the same not be
true of ancient scrolls?

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John W. Leys

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Re: [b-hebrew] 5 scrolls or 1, George F Somsel, 08/17/2005
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: [b-hebrew] 5 scrolls or 1, Peter Kirk, 08/17/2005
- Re: [b-hebrew] 5 scrolls or 1, Yitzhak Sapir, 08/17/2005
  - [b-hebrew] 5 scrolls or 1, Joseph I. Lauer, 08/17/2005
    - Re: [b-hebrew] 5 scrolls or 1, Karyn Traphagen, 08/17/2005
      - Re: [b-hebrew] 5 scrolls or 1, Karyn Traphagen, 08/17/2005
      - [b-hebrew] 5 scrolls or 1, Joseph I. Lauer, 08/17/2005
      - Re: [b-hebrew] 5 scrolls or 1, JP vd Giessen, 08/17/2005
- Re: [b-hebrew] 5 scrolls or 1, John W. Leys, 08/17/2005
- Re: [b-hebrew] 5 scrolls or 1, Jim West, 08/17/2005
- Re: [b-hebrew] 5 scrolls or 1, Jim West, 08/17/2005
  - Re: [b-hebrew] 5 scrolls or 1, Yitzhak Sapir, 08/17/2005
  - Re: [b-hebrew] 5 scrolls or 1, Heard, Christopher, 08/17/2005
- Re: [b-hebrew] 5 scrolls or 1, Shoshanna Walker, 08/17/2005
- Re: [b-hebrew] 5 scrolls or 1, Bearpecs, 08/17/2005
  - Re: [b-hebrew] 5 scrolls or 1, Yitzhak Sapir, 08/17/2005
    - Re: [b-hebrew] 5 scrolls or 1, Jim West, 08/17/2005
      - Re: [b-hebrew] 5 scrolls or 1, Yitzhak Sapir, 08/20/2005
        
        Re: [b-hebrew] 5 scrolls or 1, Jim West, 08/20/2005