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  • From: <tladatsi AT charter.net>
  • To: "Vadim Cherny" <VadimCherny AT mail.ru>
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [b-hebrew] Re: Re: Human Sacrafice & 2 Sam 21
  • Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 12:39:10 +0000

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





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