Nice to see you are still blogging.
Stephen M (Ethesis) | Homepage | 14 May 06 - 7:34 pm | #

Yo, TPM, your ISP has blacklisted me as a spammer. I'm not kidding. I can't email you at any address because the one where they fwd to, well, as I said, has me blacklisted. :P I even appealed to have it changed, and they won't change it. Ugh! See if you can get in touch with me.

Cheers,
~Naiah
naiah | Homepage | 02 May 06 - 5:22 pm | #

Nice insight. Thanks!

--TPM
The Practical Mormon | Homepage | 27 Apr 06 - 3:08 pm | #

Both LDS and non-LDS scholars have also pointed out that the word translated as "stick" could also be translated as "wood", and could have the meaning of flat boards as opposed to cylindrical sticks of wood.

Ancient flat writing boards have been discovered. They were written on with ink, or carved. Some were covered with beeswax and written on with a stylus. They usually had a raised or built-up border, or else the central part was dug out sightly, so that melted beeswax could be poured in. Then after cooling, they could be stacked, and the raised borders/edges would prevent the beeswax from being smooshed.

When several boards were hinged together, they became a book.

To me, this seems as likely a meaning for the word translated "stick" as does a small cylindrical piece of wood, or parchment or skins wrapped on cylindrical pieces of wood.
Bookslinger | Homepage | 27 Apr 06 - 9:26 am | #