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Re: [b-hebrew] Kadeshah & Judah & the Adullamite

From: Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>
To: david.kimbrough AT charter.net
Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org, "Medina, Vincent" <VMedina AT cbcag.edu>
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Kadeshah & Judah & the Adullamite
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 17:56:19 +0100

On 14/07/2004 17:46, david.kimbrough AT charter.net wrote:

You are right but why was the Adullamite looking for a kadeshah if Judah had
not told him to look for one? If Judah thought she was a zonah, why tell the
Adullamite to look for a kadeshah?

Judah didn't tell the Adullamite to look for a qadesha, it was the Adullamite who assumed what kind of zona she was and/or used the word more familiar to the people he was speaking to. From the author's perspective, Judah's sin was not idolatry but simple immorality. Anyway he "slept" with Tamar by the roadside and not in a temple setting, although he probably thought that she was actually a temple prostitute.

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[b-hebrew] Kadeshah & Judah & the Adullamite, david.kimbrough, 07/14/2004
- Re: [b-hebrew] Kadeshah & Judah & the Adullamite, Peter Kirk, 07/14/2004