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  • From: Dave Washburn <davidlwashburn AT gmail.com>
  • To: jimstinehart AT aol.com
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] King Josiah's Exciting Discovery
  • Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2012 20:36:01 -0800

On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 6:58 PM, <jimstinehart AT aol.com> wrote:

[snip]

> If the
> high priest Hilkiah could read that holy work himself, why would he give it
> to the scribe Shaphan to read, when the scribe usually handled secular
> matters, whereas the priest handled religious matters?

[snip]

I don't know where you got this idea that there was such a sharp
division between religious and secular matters, but it's so
anachronistic I don't know where to begin. Perhaps some basic reading
on the function of a scribe in ancient Israel might be a good project,
because it might project you from coming up with something this
absurd.

Now I remember why I usually don't read your material.

--
Dave Washburn

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