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Re: orion 4QMMT (c)
I am also popping into the middle as well, but what about the
traditional view of Ezra developing the cannon. Is this a valid view, or
is it too traditional?
Harrison
KU Leuven
On Sun, 18 May 1997, avigdor horovitz wrote:
> Dear Jim,
> I seem to have come in in the middle of a conversation, but it seems that
> you are right and that in the sequence Book of Moses, Prophets and David,
> the third term refers to the Psalms as a synecdoche for the Writings.
> Haran, in his new book on canon discusses such passages as indication that
> the entire canon of the Hebrew Bible in its tripartite format existed
> centuries before Yavneh.
> Victor Hurowitz
>
> On Fri, 16 May 1997, Jim West wrote:
>
> > In this document, line 10-11, reference is made to "the Book of Moses and
> > ... The prophets and David". Schiffman suggests that the reference to David
> > concerns the "Davidic Monarchy".
> >
> > It seems to me, however, that the reference to David concerns the Psalms (or
> > the third division of Tanak).
> >
> > Is Schiffman correct here?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> >
> > Jim
> >
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