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Not even Judges 11:29 - Jephthah's Vow?



> From: "Vadim Cherny" <VadimCherny AT mail.ru>
> Date: 2005/04/25 Mon AM 11:24:08 GMT
> To: <tladatsi AT charter.net>
> CC: <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
> Subject: Re: Human Sacrafice & 2 Sam 21
> 
> There are no human sacrifices in Judaism. Point.
> Execution of guilty person is not sacrifice, but an act 
of purifying the
> community.
> 
> Vadim Cherny
> 
> 
> > I think your points are well taken.  2 Sam 21 is a 
story of
> > human sacrafice.  Yahweh causes a famine in response to
> > Saul's crime. The famine causes widespread suffering. 
The
> > death of Saul's sons and grandsons satisfies God as the
> > Saul's crime is atoned for, and the famine ends.  Since
> > Saul is dead, he cannot atone for his own sins, so it 
be
> > dealt with (or visited) by God upon Saul's sons and
> > grandsons.  David has correctly understood the issues 
and
> > dealth with them in a manner that effects the end of 
the
> > famine.
> >
> > This is the only point I was trying to make - in the 
OT,
> > there are cases of later generations being dealt with 
by
> > God in negative fashion to atone for the sins of 
earlier
> > generations.  Most people would describe this as
> > punishment.  I dare if I were killed and impaled on a 
pole
> > for an entire barley season to atone for a sin my
> > grandfather committed, I would describe it as 
punishment.
> >
> > Jack Tladatsi
> >
> 
> 

Jack Tladatsi