Biblical Hebrew Forum

[George Athas <George.Athas AT moore.edu.au>]

Jim Stinehart wrote:

> isn’t it a mystery why the Baker’s dream of three innocuous baskets would 
> portend that he would be impaled 3 days hence?

Nope. The imagery of the birds pecking is enough to portend the baker's 
death. It's what birds did to corpses impaled in the open air. You just have 
to read the text. Plain and simple. No mystery. No enigma. No chicanery. Just 
a simple story. End of story.


GEORGE ATHAS
Director of Postgraduate Studies,
Moore Theological College (moore.edu.au)
Sydney, Australia