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Re: [b-hebrew] Amalekites!

From: Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>
To: Yigal Levin <leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il>
Cc: b-hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Amalekites!
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2004 18:10:22 +0100

On 13/08/2004 15:24, Yigal Levin wrote:

"Davka" is one of those Hebrew/Yiddish words which have no real translation
into any other language. It means something like"on purpose", or "just so"
or, "just to spite". So what Shoshanna meant was "law it contains is
PRECISELY for the purpose of connecting ourselves with that holiness (and
not, as claimed, the opposite)".

Thank you, Yigal. Well, I can agree with the part of this which you explain, that the purpose of the Torah and the whole HB is to connect us to the Holy One, and not to teach us history. But that does not imply that it is historically inaccurate.

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Peter Kirk
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Re: [b-hebrew] Amalekites! , (continued)
- Re: [b-hebrew] Amalekites!, MarianneLuban, 08/12/2004
  - Re: [b-hebrew] Amalekites!, Harold R. Holmyard III, 08/15/2004
- Re: [b-hebrew] Amalekites!, Shoshanna Walker, 08/13/2004
  - Re: [b-hebrew] Amalekites!, Peter Kirk, 08/13/2004
    - Re: [b-hebrew] Amalekites!, Yigal Levin, 08/13/2004
      - Re: [b-hebrew] Amalekites!, Peter Kirk, 08/13/2004
  - [b-hebrew] Torah, Yigal Levin, 08/13/2004
    - RE: [b-hebrew] Torah, Lisbeth S. Fried, 08/13/2004
      - Re: [b-hebrew] Torah, Yigal Levin, 08/14/2004
- Re: [b-hebrew] Amalekites!, MarianneLuban, 08/13/2004
- Re: [b-hebrew] Amalekites!, Shoshanna Walker, 08/14/2004
- Re: [b-hebrew] Amalekites!, Shoshanna Walker, 08/14/2004
  - Re: [b-hebrew] Torah (was: Amalekites)!, Yigal Levin, 08/15/2004
- Re: [b-hebrew] Amalekites!, MarianneLuban, 08/14/2004
  - Re: [b-hebrew] Amalekites!, Peter Kirk, 08/15/2004
    - Re: [b-hebrew] Biblical Historicity ( Amalek), Uri Hurwitz, 08/15/2004