From: "Jan-Wim Wesselius" <jwwesselius AT mail.thuk.nl>
To: "Peter Kirk" <peter.r.kirk AT ntlworld.com>, <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Cc:
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Re: Jeremiah's R&W
Date: Mon, 19 May 2003 14:53:29 +0200
Did anyone mention Jer. 32:10 yet? It proves that he could at least sign his
name. It seems unlikely that he could not read, though one cannot, of
course, gauge his proficiency. Hope this helps,
-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Kirk <peter.r.kirk AT ntlworld.com>
To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Date: Monday, May 19, 2003 11:55 AM
Subject: RE: [b-hebrew] Re:
This would seem to be a strange argument. Jeremiah's ministry started in the
thirteenth year of Josiah (Jer 1:2) and so would have been going for only
five years when the book of the law was found (2Ki 22:3); so by this time he
was still young and not necessarily a prominent figure. And he was never a
royal favourite. There were doubtless many people in Jerusalem who could
read, some better than others. That Hilkiah and others (not Josiah himself -
2Ki 22:14) sought out Huldah, perhaps because she could read especially well
but perhaps for totally different reasons, is absolutely no grounds for
arguing that Jeremiah couldn't read.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: b-hebrew-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:b-hebrew-
> bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Liz Fried
> Sent: 19 May 2003 14:17
> To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: RE: [b-hebrew] Re:
>
> Bill Rea wrote
> >
> >
> > Karl wrote:-
> >
> > > Thus Jeremiah, though he himself was literate, called on Barukh , a
> > > professional scribe, to write out his words.
> >
> > How do you know Jeremiah was literate?
> >
> >
> Indeed.
> I read an article somewhere a while back which suggested
> that the reason that Josiah went to Hulda to have the scroll
> read was that Jeremiah couldn't read.
> (sorry that I forget the author and cannot provide attribution).
>
> Liz
>
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