Biblical Hebrew Forum

[dwashbur AT nyx.net]

This difference is a fairly recent development.  In antiquity, they were 
virtually equivalent, 
partly because people were much more adept at memorizing what they heard than 
we are in 
the post-printing-press age.  So the difference you posit is anachronistic.

On 23 Dec 2010 at 15:57, fred burlingame wrote:

> a slight difference between:
> 
> a. hearing the expert read the document; and
> 
> b. reading the document oneself.
> 
> regards,
> 
> fred burlingame
> 
> On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 3:46 PM, Kevin Riley
> <klriley AT alphalink.com.au>wrote:
> 
> > So, all Paul's letters that he intended should be read in church
> were 'not
> > for public consumption'?  I guess it depends on what you mean by
> 'public'?
> >  I would have thought that manuscripts intended to be read in
> public on a
> > regular basis would qualify, but perhaps not.  Does one need to be
> able to
> > read in order to 'consume'?
> >
> > Kevin Riley
> >
> >
> > On 24/12/2010 3:37 AM, fred burlingame wrote:
> >
> >> and the same answer applies.
> >>
> >> before the printing press, only the rich, the gov't., and the
> church
> >> possessed books; because of the cost.
> >>
> >>
> http://www.ehow.com/facts_4924257_how-printing-press-changed-world.h
> tml
> >>
> >> hence, the new testament in writing was manufactured not ...
> for
> >> common public consumption.
> >>
> >> regards,
> >>
> >> fred burlingame
> >>
> >> On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 10:00 AM, Uri Hurwitz<uhurwitz AT yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >>  Since the NT contains many citations from the Hebrew
> >>>  Bible, though in Greek translation, the new question in the
> >>>  subject above seems justified, even in this list.
> >>>
> >>>  The answer to it should shed much light on the previous
> >>>  question regarding public consumption.
> >>>
> >>>  Season's Greetings,
> >>>
> >>>  Uri Hurwitz                               Great Neck, NY
> >>>
> >>>
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