To: Dave Washburn <dwashbur AT nyx.net>, b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Josiah's book of the Law
Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2005 10:29:30 -0400
Dave, you are wrong about this. In Ezekiel there are a number of
passages where Ezekiel goes, in a vision, into the Temple, and sees
what's going on behind "closed doors". There he observes all manner of
inscriptions and drawings of bugs, beasts, animals and idols. Not only
were there inscriptions to other gods in Jerusalem- they were in the
temple itself. See Ezekiel 8, for instance.
Best,
Jim
Dave Washburn wrote:
And graffitti scrawled everywhere - in and out of Jerusalem - blessing
Yahweh and Ba'al and their jointly held wife, Asherah.
Um, no. There's one inscription, rather vague, and it was definitely not in
Jerusalem.