Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Evgeny Ivanov <evi7538 AT yahoo.com>]

If we look in BDB dictionary for the word RA, we will find that it has plenty 
of other meanings in addition to the "moral evil", such as: disaster, misery, 
grief etc. God sometimes does send on us a spirit of misery, disaster or 
grief, but that doesn't mean He is a source of moral evil.
 
Evgeny

tladatsi AT charter.net wrote:
In regards to the Bible connecting evil and God, there are 
more than a few such references beyond Isaiah. Deuteronomy 
30:15 says * See, I have set before thee this day life (ha-
khayim) and good (ha-tob), and death (ha-mevet) and evil 
(ha-ra)* . In Judges 9:23 God sends an *evil spirit * 
(rukh raah) between Sechem and Abimelek as punishment for 
the crimes of Jerub-Baals sons. Four times in 1 Samuel 16 
Saul is afflicted by an *evil sprit from God * (rukh-Elohim 
raah). In Neh 13:18 it says *? and did not our God bring 
all this evil (ha-raah) upon us ?*. Job asks his wife 
rhetorically?*What? shall we receive good at the hand of 
God, and shall we not [also] receive evil (ha-raa)*? 

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On Monday 08 August 2005 05:17, Dora Smith wrote:
> Actually, archeological work proves that the religious faith of Israel at
> the time bore little resemblance to the Yahwism inflicted by Josiah's
> pogrom.

Purely a matter of opinion and interpretation.  We know from the Bible itself 
that kings and other people weren't always faithful to YHWH, that's one of 
the main topics of Kings.

> For instance, there was a sacred pole or tree (which is known, I just don't
> remember which) in the Temple.

Kings tells us this, but AFAIK, archaeologists haven't found it yet (probably 
because Josiah burned it).

> And graffitti scrawled everywhere - in and out of Jerusalem - blessing
> Yahweh and Ba'al and their jointly held wife, Asherah.

Um, no.  There's one inscription, rather vague, and it was definitely not in 
Jerusalem.  

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