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["Jonathan D. Safren" <yon_saf AT bezeqint.net>]

Oops. my mistake!
Jonathan D. Safren
Chairman
Dept. of Biblical Studies
Beit Berl College
44905 Israel
----- Original Message -----
From: "Christian M. M. Brady" <cbrady AT tulane.edu>
To: "Biblical Hebrew" <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2001 9:20 PM
Subject: Re: The Messianic Idea


> On 1/30/01 1:16 PM, "Jonathan D. Safren" <yon_saf AT bezeqint.net> wrote:
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Ben Crick" <ben.crick AT argonet.co.uk>
> >
> >
> >> On Tue 30 Jan 2001 (07:41:22), cbrady AT tulane.edu wrote:
> >>> Well, when you have prophetic statements such as: 2Sam. 7.16 "Your
> >>> house and
> >>> your kingdom shall be made sure forever before me; your throne shall
be
> >>> established forever" and the reality of the destruction of Jerusalem,
> >>> etc. a little reinterpretation is necessary in order to keep the
> >>> prophecy! ;-)
> >>
> >>  Isn't Hosea 3:4-5 the development of this prophecy?
> >>
> > Don't think sio, Ben. Hosea is a Northern prophet, speaking to the
> > inhabitants of the Northern Kingdom, towhom the Davidic Covenant meant
> > little.
> > Sincerely,
> > Jonathan D. Safren
>
> Then why the reference to David?
>
> 4 For the Israelites shall remain many days without king or prince,
without
> sacrifice or pillar, without ephod or teraphim.  5 Afterward the
Israelites
> shall return and seek the LORD their God, and *David their king*; they
shall
> come in awe to the LORD and to his goodness in the latter days.
>
> Cb
> cbrady @ tulane.edu
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