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There is absolutely nothing in the text that demands the interpretation that the scroll which Hilkiah found was written in cuneiform. The suggestion comes from factors outside the text, but which again are in no way dependent on the text. Therefore, Jim's
scenario has no evidence from the text itself, and is a purely speculative hypothesis that cannot in any way be proved or disproved. It is, therefore, for all intents and purposes, curious but of no value at all for understanding the text.
I don't see why we need to continue this conversation any further on list. It is not advancing our understanding of Biblical Hebrew language or literature, though it is giving us a glimpse at Jim's interesting imagination (the proposed scenario would make
a nice visual scene in "Josiah: The Movie (adapted from the Bible)".
Everyone can have one final post on this subject, and then the thread ends.
ONE post each, followed by END OF THREAD.
GEORGE ATHAS Co-moderator of B-Hebrew
Sydney (only for another couple of hours), Australia
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