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  • From: Jim West <jwest AT highland.net>
  • To: John W Leys <eliyahu5733 AT gmail.com>, b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] 5 scrolls or 1
  • Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 13:20:28 -0400

I was misinformed then. sorry and thanks for the correction.

Jim


John W Leys 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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