From: "Jonathan D. Safren" <yon_saf AT bezeqint.net>
To: Ian Hutchesson <mc2499 AT mclink.it>, Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: Child theme in Isaiah 6-12
Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2001 09:43:06 +0200
Ian Hutchesson wrote:
>
> >The Shear-Jashub prophecies of 10:20-23 must refer to a relatively
distant
> >future, a time when Israel will return after being struck down or exiled
> >(see also 11:10-12).
>
> Aren't all these prophecies vaticinio ex eventu, as the status quo
suggests,
> given 1 Enoch and Daniel?
>
That's what the messianic belief is all about, Ian, as I claimed in a
previous posting: the failure of biblical prophecy and the need felt to
re-interpret it in view of its failure.
Jonathan D. Safren
Chairman
Dept. of Biblical Studies
Beit Berl College
44905 Israel