[b-hebrew] "their altars" or "his/its altars"?
Heard, Christopher
Christopher.Heard at pepperdine.edu
Fri Mar 4 12:24:30 EST 2005
On Mar 4, 2005, at 9:12 AM, Peter Kirk wrote:
>> ... It was a quite
>> syncretistic religion. ...
>
> What religion? Possibly the religion of some Edomites or whoever lived
> in Sinai at the time. Perhaps even of some apostate Israelites. But
> not the religion of the Israelites which is taught in the Hebrew
> Bible.
For what it's worth, it's becoming increasingly clear (and should have
been pretty obvious all along, from the prophets) that the religion
"taught" in the Bible--that is, endorsed by the biblical writers and
their heroes (e.g., the prophets, Josiah, etc.)--was a minority
position throughout much of Israelite history.
--
R. Christopher Heard
Assistant Professor of Religion
Armstrong Fellow in Religion
Pepperdine University
24255 Pacific Coast Hwy
Malibu, CA 90263-4352
http://faculty.pepperdine.edu/cheard
http://www.iTankah.org
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