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Jonathan,
I was reading the plural noun to mean "the descendants of Shashai". You're suggesting the plural might mean "followers of Hjalmar Schacht"? Is there a racial aspect to his economics? If not, then to bring his name up would be a non-sequitur. Not that Pound eschews the non-sequitur.
I assume SHASHAI would be pronounced shas-Xai (where X = a velar fricative). A listening might help, to hear how Pound pronounces the word, to see if he says shas-Xan or shas-Kan.
ALso, there's no indication in Doob of any problem with the manuscript; and Pound knows enough German to know how to make plurals of German nouns; in this instance, the plural would be 'Schachten'.
Tim Romano
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From: Jonathan P. Gill <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, November 18, 1999 1:36 PM
Subject: Re: Schaschan?
> The affiliations between Ezra Pound and Ezra the Scribe are very
> intriguing (the latter was resposible for re-establishing Mosaic
> (written) law in Jerusalem after the exile. He was also responsible, like
> Homer Pound, for establishing proper standards for weighing gold and
> silver.
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> However, I don't think broadcast 43's "Schaschan" is the same as "Shashai"
> in Ezra 10:40. This Shashai is an obscure descendant of Binnui.
> Perhaps we are dealing here with with plural of Hjalmar Schacht, the
> German economist. Maybe. See broadcast 115 (p. 395 in Doob)
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> I wonder if a close listen to the recording would help.
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> Jonathan Gill
> Columbia University
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> On Thu, 18 Nov 1999, Tim Romano wrote:
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> > Are the 'Schaschan' to whom Pound alludes at the end of broadcast #43 (31 May 1942) entitled 'Brain Trust: Second Spasm' --"Who are the Schaschan? I ask you?"-- the _Shashai_ mentioned at the end of the Book of Ezra?
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> > Tim Romano
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