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Re: orion Nash Papyrus

To: orion@mscc.huji.ac.il
Subject: Re: orion Nash Papyrus
From: Jack Kilmon <jkilmon@historian.net>
Date: Sun, 25 Oct 1998 09:12:42 -0600
Reply-To: orion@mscc.huji.ac.il

asia@checkpoint.com wrote:
> 
> I am very greatful to all who answered - and let me summarize the information:
> 
> Excluding DSS, the oldest Biblical texts we have are:
> 
> 1. "Silver Amulet" with a short text from Numbers (priestly blessings),
> dated 700BC (in Paleo-Hebrew script).

It may be on shakey ground to call the amulet a biblical text
since we don't know if that version of the priestly benediction
originated with  Numbers, which could have post-dated the
talisman.  This is one of those "mini/maxi" thingies (g).

Jack

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