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Re: orion re: dss and aramaic
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You wrote (and it seems to be a partial message):
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> further, that the divine name is rendered in paleo-hebrew script in a
number
> of documents seems to indicate not only that the name was viewed as
sacred-
> but that it should not be pronounced. Now if a pesher were by chance
picked
> up by a "non-initiate" and they were, by chance, educated enought to read
> it, then maybe the second line of defense was preciesly the hiding of the
> divine name in a script no longer generally recognized. ???
>
> jim
> (just sort of wondering aloud)
>
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> Jim West
> Adjunct Professor of Bible
> Quartz Hill School of Theology
>
> jwest@highland.net
How much did I miss?
Dale M. Cannon