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Re: orion Golb on the "'Yahad' Claim"
> At 02:20 PM 2/25/98 -0600, you wrote:
> >Norman Golb has written a short note entitled "QADMONIOT AND THE "YAHAD"
> >CLAIM" and made it available at:
> >http://www-oi.uchicago.edu/OI/PROJ/SCR/Yahad.html
>
> Now here is clear, positive, absolute evidence that the "yahad" reading is
> completely impossible. The letter is clearly not a yod!
Agreed. I've said that all along, and it's why I made my scans
available on the net, so anybody can see that the letter is not a
yod. And while we're on the subject, let me reiterate that N-shaped
hets in other writings mean absolutely nothing for this ostracon; the
only question is, does the person who wrote this item ever use such
letters? The answer, clearly, is "no." His hets are typical hets,
and his N-shaped letters are alephs. Appealing to other documents,
inscriptions, etc. is nothing more than wishful thinking, because
this writer simply didn't do it.
> Professor Golb has debunked the suggested reading; how can it receive any
> support at all? The only reason one would wish to call the letter a yod is
> for tendentious reasons in support of a predetermined theory regarding the
> scrolls and the Essenes and their putative connection to the site at Qumran.
You just hit the proverbial nail on the proverbial head.
Dave Washburn
http://www.nyx.net/~dwashbur
"Now I have $2736.15. Every time I count my $500,
I get a different amount."