[B-Greek] translation of Urim and Thummim in LXX?

John Byron jbyron at ashland.edu
Fri Mar 19 13:23:38 EST 2004


Eric,

Freedman's description of the urim and thummim sounds Suspiciously like the Magic Eight Ball. I Wonder if this is where the manufacturer got its idea?


John Byron Ph.D.
Ashland Theological Seminary
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Ashland, OH 44805
jbyron at ashland.edu

>>> Eric Weiss <papaweiss1 at yahoo.com> 03/19/04 08:52AM >>>
If I recall correctly, David Noel Freedman, in his fascinating and fun-to-read book THE NINE COMMANDMENTS, says that they were likely two stones with aleph on one side and tau on the other. (The Hebrew words urim and thummim begin, respectively, with the letters aleph and tau.) A toss or throw of the stones would give four possible combinations:
 
aleph - aleph
aleph - tau
tau - aleph
tau - tau
 
In other words, agreement or disagreement, or "yes," "no," and "maybe." 


Eric S. Weiss
http://www.geocities.com/papaweiss1/index.htm 


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