It's not my book; it's by someone else with the same name as me (and he died three years ago, so I'm afraid you can't ask him your questions).
I have insufficient knowledge to answer your question, but I suspect twelve was the historical number, but the murals changed the number to seven because it is, indeed, considered a special number.
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Re: The Jews in the Roman World
Date: 2007-08-23 09:02 pm (UTC)I have insufficient knowledge to answer your question, but I suspect twelve was the historical number, but the murals changed the number to seven because it is, indeed, considered a special number.