Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Yigal Levin <Yigal-Levin AT utc.edu>]

Liz,

Where else in the Hebrew Bible, and especially in the DH, do you see a
foreign deity "defeating" Yahweh? Whenever Israel is defeated, it's because
they have sinned and the enemy is serving as Yahweh's tool. Which is
exactly why later exegetes tried to find a sin that Israel would have been
guilty of, only in this story none is specified. That's why I don't
understand the story.

By the way, the Moabite god is Cheomosh. Milchom, a.k.a. Molech, is Ammonite.

As for Dave's suggestion, I just don't see it in the text. Besides, I find
it hard to picture any ancient soldiers as being so faint-hearted.


Yigal


At 10:29 AM 7/2/2003 -0400, Liz Fried wrote:
>Dear All,
>Do you not understand what the author is trying to tell you???
>It was a divine anger from Molech that drove the attacking Israelite army
away!
>There are real gods out there, they have real powers.
>The sacrifice was effective!
>YHWH's power evidently ended at the Jordan.
>Read the words!
>Try to realize that this is not a 21st century book.
>This is an ancient text, have some respect for its author.
>Don't make him conform to your beliefs.
>Liz 
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