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Re: orion 4Q246 Son of God
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> Chemistry aside, I have heard from at least one person privately who said
>the traditional Jewish injunction against copying biblical texts in any
>color but black cannot be relied upon. That may be, but it stood and was
>understood for many centuries. The Archaeometry piece was useful in that
>it led us to the fact that there were texts written in other colors as
>well. So, given the fact that CE copists who were believers in Jesus (in
>lieu of that near-forbidden term) would have had no compunction about using
>the kind red, blue or green inks found in Qumran texts, it is hard for us
>to be convinced by the lack of a "contemporaneous" rule found at Qumran on
>black ink -- or red, green and blue ink for that matter -- if that makes
>any sense.
>
> David Crowder
> El Paso
>
You have mentioned the blue and green ink before. I know of _no_ texts
which have blue or green ink. Can you give us the numbers of the
scrolls/frgs. which you claim have this ink?
(And is it possible that what you are seeing is oxidation of one or more of
the elements which make up the ink?)
Cb
C h r i s t i a n M M B r a d y
Assoc. Director * Jewish Studies
Jones Hall * Tulane University
New Orleans, LA 70118
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