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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.
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).
I wonder if a close listen to the recording would help.
Jonathan Gill
Columbia University
On Thu, 18 Nov 1999, Tim Romano wrote:
> 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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