Biblical Hebrew Forum

[fred burlingame <tensorpath AT gmail.com>]

Hello Gary:

Thanks for the link.

The third post (Yigal Levin), last paragraph, in that
2004 thread, summarizes the literacy situtation in antiquity, best, imho.

indeed, the massive written talmud, the primary source of judaism, arose as
a response to the risk of loss of the oral law.
regards,

fred burlingame

On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 12:30 PM, Hedrick Gary <GaryH AT cjfm.org> wrote:

> 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?
> >
>
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