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  • From: "Kevin P. Edgecomb" <kevin AT bombaxo.com>
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  • Subject: [b-hebrew] Sun and moon in Joshua 10 (was "Silver Scrolls")
  • Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 12:24:37 -0800

Hi all,

It's likely, or at the very least possible, that the expression Hebrew for "sun/moon stopped" in Joshua 10 is simply an idiom, describing a sky-covering storm. A similar idiom is found in Sumerian, as I describe briefly here:

http://www.bombaxo.com/blog/?p=6

My regards,
Kevin P. Edgecomb
Berkeley, California




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