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Oct 21, 2024 • 12 min read

Seeking the History Behind The Mythtory

The Backstory On That Scroll They, Uh, Found That One Time

Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg
Painting of a man in a turban sitting in a chair, looking at a book held by a kneeling man. There are tall candles.
The Scribe Shaphan Reading The Book Of Law To King Josiah, Leonaert Bramer (Dutch, 17th c.) Totally understandable error on the part of our painter friend, here, but just so y'all know, codexes-- books whose pages turned like ours do now-- didn't become common for at least another 6-8 centuries after King Josie's time.
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