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  • From: Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>
  • To: Jim West <jwest AT highland.net>
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org, wattswestmaas <wattswestmaas AT eircom.net>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Why would the scribal authorities find thisobjectionable?
  • Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2005 23:32:39 +0100

On 30/04/2005 23:10, Jim West wrote:

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I think there is a difference between God being willing to listen to supplication, (which is what Abraham appears to be doing) and God being ordered around (which appears to be the misunderstanding that the tiqqune sopherim tried to correct).

But does W)BRHM (WDNW (MD LPNY YHWH actually mean that Abraham was ordering God around, rather than making supplication? Or were the scribes being hypersensitive?

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  • Re: [b-hebrew] Why would the scribal authorities find thisobjectionable?, Peter Kirk, 04/30/2005

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