Yahweh Performs Administrative Writing: Exodus 32:32–33 in Context of Ancient Administrative Writing Practices

This article examines how Yahweh is depicted as writing in Exod 32:32–33. It dispels the notion that the scroll in Exod 32:32–33 is a book of life, and instead shows that Yahweh performs administrative writing duties by (1) analyzing how scholars often historicize Exod 32:32–33, (2) showing that כתב...

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Main Author: Brown, William Hart (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2025
In: The journal of Hebrew scriptures
Year: 2025, Volume: 25, Pages: 1-33
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Bible. Exodus 32,32-33 / Aramaic language / ktb / Scribe / Mesopotamia
Further subjects:B Comparative Analysis
B scribal
B Mesopotamia
B Materiality
B Scribes
B Aramaic
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