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Re: document uniformity
>The point is straightforward. The texts in question represent
>practices that are condemned in Deuteronomy 18. I am abundantly aware
>that the rabinnical tradition persisted in practising divination in a
>variety of ways; in fact, the Babli fair runneth over with it. That's
>not the point. The point is that we find in the caves the *collection* of
Considering the wide range of discussions in these areas in the Talmud (which
you would also condemn as contrary to Deuteronomy 18), I fail to see how we
can use them to conclude that these were not from the same group.
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