Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Read, James C" <K0434995 AT kingston.ac.uk>]

Yes Shoshanna. I agree with you here. There are many angels with 
different names and Satan's chief purpose is in tempting mankind.
But the account of Job is not that Yah calls Satan and asks him 
to go and test Job.
On the contrary, it is Satan who demands that Job be tested and 
challenges Yah by slanderously saying that Job only serves Yah 
because of the blessings that Yah has given him.
Yah allows this to happen in order for the opportunity to be 
given that this is not the case but in no way requests of Satan
that it be done.

How do you interpret the phrase 'the god's children' in Gen6:2?
LXX renders this as 'aggeloi'/messengers and it is interesting to 
note that such was the understanding way before Christian influences.

-----Original Message-----
From: b-hebrew-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org on behalf of Shoshanna Walker
Sent: Fri 8/5/2005 10:04 PM
To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Is.45:7 God created evil?
 
Not exactly accurate

Satan is THE angel in charge of tempting man, there are no others.

There are other angels, each one has its own job to do.

Gabri-el, Micha-el, Razi-el, etc.

Shoshanna




I'm sorry but maybe I've missed the point of your quotation. Shoshanna was
suggesting that Yah purposefully created bad messengers whose purpose was
to tempt mankind and trick them into doing what is bad.
Jesus here is asking Yah to protect us from temptations *not* bring them on
so that we can prove how good we are.

-----Original Message-----
From: Jim West [mailto:jwest AT highland.net]
Sent: Fri 8/5/2005 8:57 PM
To: Read, James C; b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Is.45:7 God created evil?
 


Read James C wrote:

>This is an interesting observation. And if you are correct,this would
>mean that Yah is the original source of such temptations.
>
>What biblical/traditional evidences lead you to such a firm conclusion?
>

"and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil......"  Jesus
of Nazareth.

jim

-- 
D. Jim West

Biblical Studies Resources -  http://web.infoave.net/~jwest
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