Brian, all I can say is, go back and read it again. Nothing hidden about it.
Honest, I've got better things to do than argue with you about what's
viciousness! If your parents didn't teach you, I'm not going to.
Yours,
Dora Smith
Austin, Texas
villandra AT austin.rr.com
----- Original Message -----
From: Brian Roberts
To: Dora Smith
Cc: Peter Kirk ; b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 7:06 AM
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Josiah's book of the Law
However, it is very unlikely that a pogrom of the level of viciousness
that
is described is in the text, and never happened. Why would someone say
they did such a thing if it in fact never happened?
Vicious is the word you choose to describe Josiah's reforms? Are you saying
that "bad" things are more likely to be accurately recorded than "good"
things in the Bible? You do realize that the biblical writer considered the
reforms of Josiah to be a good thing. There's no hiding of an allegedly
"vicious" pogrom here.