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  • From: <david.kimbrough AT charter.net>
  • To: Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org, "Medina, Vincent" <VMedina AT cbcag.edu>
  • Subject: [b-hebrew] Kadeshah &
  • Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 17:26:04 +0000

The author of Genesis 32 made a clear choice of words, kadeshah vs. zonah.
The author made that choice with a Hebrew speaking audiance in mind. Why did
the author make that choice? The people to whom the Adu

>
> From: Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>
> Date: 2004/07/14 Wed PM 04:56:19 GMT
> To: david.kimbrough AT charter.net
> CC: "Medina, Vincent" <VMedina AT cbcag.edu>, b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Kadeshah & Judah & the Adullamite
>
> 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.
>
>
> --
> Peter Kirk
> peter AT qaya.org (personal)
> peterkirk AT qaya.org (work)
> http://www.qaya.org/
>
>

David Kimbrough
San Gabriel




  • [b-hebrew] Kadeshah &, david.kimbrough, 07/14/2004

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