Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Dave Washburn <davidlwashburn AT gmail.com>]

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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