Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Bryan Rocine" <596547 AT ican.net>]

hi George,
so good to exchange ideas once again!  
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> From: George Athas <gathas AT mail.usyd.edu.au>
> To: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
> Cc: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
> Subject: Re: Exo 10:20
> Date: Monday, December 07, 1998 10:36 PM
> 
> Bryan Rocine wrote:
> 
> > [...] YHWH is not explicitly named as the one hardening P's heart until
after it
> > is clearly established that P is hardening his own heart. [...]
> 
> But, Bryan, how can YHWH harden Pharaoh's heart if his heart is already
hardened? 

with this line of reasoning, the mention of his heart getting hard,
hardening, being hardened after each of the plagues doesn't make sense,
either.  i figure his heart got harder and harder with each plague although
the agent hardening his heart is variable.

<snip>
> 
> IF (and that's a big IF) you are going to read Calvinist or Arminian
theology into the
> Hebrew text at this point, then you would have to say that the Hebrew
text supports a
> Calvinist interpretation. 

my point is that though it seems to support a calvinist interp in this one
verse, the reactions to the ten plagues, taken together, do not.  make
sense?

BUT, this is probably getting outside the parameters of
> B-Hebrew.

actually, no, it's entirely within the parameters of b-hebrew, though don't
misunderstand me, i am not, nor would i like to, participate in a debate
about pre-destination.  ;-)

Shalom,
Bryan


B. M. Rocine
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