From: "Charles David Isbell" <cisbell AT home.com>
To: "Shoshanna Walker" <rosewalk AT concentric.net>, "Biblical Hebrew" <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Cc: <cms AT dragon.com>
Subject: Re: Atonement Vs. Redemption
Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 17:05:04 -0500
Shoshanna wrote: "Hashem did not write the new testament, however. So this
does not enlighten us as to the Biblical concepts of redemption and
atonement."
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I strongly identify with the sentiments Shoshanna is expressing. However,
let it be noted that the word for "worship" in the Tanakh is `avodah, the
exact same word that connotes "slavery" to the Pharaoh before the Exodus.
Does anyone remember the Bob Dylan song with the line, "You got to serve
somebody. It might be the devil or it might be the Lord, but you got to
serve somebody."
Charles David Isbell