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Fingerprint of Jeremiah’s Scribe

By Hershel Shanks

Why do we seek to retrace the footsteps of Moses and Jesus? Why do we look for the places they lived?

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Footnotes

1.

The Hoshea seal and mounting on the cover of BAR 21:06 also belong to Moussaieff.

2.

See Tsvi Schneider, “Six Biblical Signatures,” BAR 17:04; Hershel Shanks, “Jeremiah’s Scribe and Confidant Speaks from a Hoard of Clay Bullae,” BAR 13:05.

3.

See J. Glen Taylor, “Was Yahweh Worshiped as the Sun?” BAR 20:03.

4.

Examples may be seen in Rudolph Cohen, “Did I Excavate Kadesh-Barnea?” BAR 07:03.