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Re: [b-hebrew] Sun and moon in Joshua 10 (was "Silver Scrolls")

From: Yigal Levin <leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il>
To: b-hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Sun and moon in Joshua 10 (was "Silver Scrolls")
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 06:01:59 +0200

Yigal, look again at verse 11, closer to the end. : )

Regards,
Kevin P. Edgecomb
Berkeley, California

Oops. Hailstones indeed. My mistake.

But the principle is still, that the whole purpose of the story is to emphasize to Israel and to everyone else that the victory is God's. So having it all look like a freak strom would defeat the purpose.

Yigal Levin

Re: [b-hebrew] "the Silver Scrolls" , (continued)