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Wish Upon a Stone

Discovering the idolatry of the even maskit
By Victor Hurowitz
Leviticus bans the Israelites from bowing upon a maskit stone. But what is a maskit? A recently deciphered Assyrian inscription may hold the key to identifying this mysterious prohibited object.
Bible Review, October 1999

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