From: Jim West (jwest@Highland.Net)
Date: Thu Jul 02 1998 - 20:48:19 EDT
At 04:50 PM 7/2/98 -0700, you wrote:
>If the enclosed room is inside the dwelling, Adam might have a
>point, Jimmer. The "privy" would not be inside...even if there was
>plumbing...for matters of purity.
>
But this presumes that the mass of Jews in the first century observed the
rules and regulations of the Pharisees- much less the later rabbis. Can
such a presumption be safely made?
If so, then what we have is a population much more religious than we have
evidence to believe, and much more civilized than the Romans! Again, can we
accept such a notion?
The Qumranites certainly made special efforts to "cover up" their toilet
habits; but, again, if they made such a fuss about it, it seems that others
did not.
Regarding Ehud, I can only second the recommendation of an earlier post
encouraging folk to read Halpern's essay.
>Jack
Best,
Jim
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Jim West, ThD
Pastor, Petros Baptist Church
Adjunct Professor of Bible,
Quartz Hill School of Theology
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