Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Hedrick Gary <GaryH AT cjfm.org>]

https://lists.ibiblio.org/sympa/arc/b-hebrew/2004-July/019730.html

On Oct 27, 2010, at 12:26 PM, fred burlingame wrote:

> sounds like fun; but it appears above my pay grade; as i checked the 
> archives, and searching option reveals itself not .... to me anyhow.
> 
> On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 11:15 AM, Hedrick Gary <GaryH AT cjfm.org> wrote:
> Check the B-Hebrew archives for past discussions about the literacy rate in 
> biblical times.
> 
> Gary Hedrick
> San Antonio, Texas USA
> 
> > In other words, the numerous, written language subtleties, discussed daily
> > here ... nice and interesting as they may be, become somewhat discounted, 
> > in
> > light of the illiterate population intended as the consumer of the books?
>