The entire first part is more of the same, so let's get to the final item::
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>What format and size of documents did Moses use when he wrote Torah in
>the 15th century BC? What is your evidence? What writing substrate did
>he use: leather, papyrus, or what? What is your evidence?
Moses didn't write the Torah, remember?
.... It was supposed to have been
written by god -- and if he did write it, then he used stone.
.... It was Joshua
who was told to make a 'mishneh' -- on what material?
.... Well, certainly not...
watermarked paper. Silver, bronze, and copper, though were used for
documents such as treaties, or anything that was supposed to be "permanent"
and that was not "carved in stone." (Amusing just how far back in time
that saying goes.)
One source stands out by its absence, namely tablets of Biblical
Script: all I can do is tell you what is speculated in the literature -- of
which there is a very large amount. 15th BCE: Siniatic; 13th BCE --
Phoenician.
You want to see the evidence? Remember, I've been collecting this stuff for
more than 50 years...there are hundreds of examples just from the ANE and
down through the 1st century BCE... when we get to CE, we get into the
millions. There are more than 250,000 examples in one Late Medieval
cemetery -- can't use all of them now can I. You'll have to wait until I
finish organizing the blurry book on the subject -- this i going to take a
lot of picking and choosing to fit into a single volume -- and then finish
writing it up to see the evidence for yourself.. I've given you a few
examples to look at so you get an idea.
Incidentally, if you want to know where the double tablet comes from, lookMy question about Moses was back to BH.
at Syrian MSS, then Gothic, and then the Amianitus from the 8th CE.
Now, shall we get back to BH?
risa,
Dr. Rochelle. I. Altman
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