karl,
thanks for your correction. so i understand that my explanation is the same as the
traditional one. but this is not a sufficient argument against it...
if this interpretation is correct then there was no perversion nor culpability which the text associated with
the emorites. some jewish interpretations tend to justify the destruction of the canaanite peoples in terms
of their perverse habits and sins towards god: this is natural. the case of human sacrifices and promiscuity
in the baal cult, mentioned in the text itself, might be based on some fact. but in the case at hand there is no
evidence in the text for any wrongdoing. more so, in juxtaposition to the recognition in the help abraham
received from the emorites.
nir cohen
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