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The phrase concerned is the middle line above and transliterates as something like: bitseva'ot 'o be'aylot hassadeh which (it is suggested) sounds like two names of God each with the preposition prefix b: יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת where tseba'ot = "hosts" as in LORD of Hosts and אֵל שַׁדַּי 'el shadday. It is this pair of possible "sounds like..." effects together in a context that speaks of "adjuring by..." that suggest an intended association.I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem,by the gazelles or the wild does:do not stir up or awaken love until it is ready! (NRSV) הִשְׁבַּעְתִּי אֶתְכֶם בְּנוֹת יְרוּשָׁלִַם
בִּצְבָאוֹת אוֹ בְּאַיְלוֹת הַשָּׂדֶה
אִם־תָּעִירוּ וְאִם־תְּעוֹרְרוּ אֶת־הָאַהֲבָה
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By the way, I’m very positively impressed with the way Josh has implemented video segments — there’s no reason someone couldn’t be doing comparable work in responsible theological, educational communication. Plenty of institutions already have more ample facilities than Josh’s; all it would take is the determination to do it.I'm not convinced the problem is "determination", I think it is time. That, and the lack of credit that such activities get from employers. (For some hints of the attitudes that underlie this see for example the discussion of April DeConick, Tenure and Blogging by both Stephen Carlson Blogging and Academia and Mark Goodacre Blogging and Tenure 2 and his earlier post).
... by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob,Here the echoes of שַׁדַּי shadday "Almighty" with שָׁדַיִם shadayim "breasts" resonates strongly, and perhaps is echoed more weakly (in sense if not by sound) with the "eternal mountains" and "everlasting hills" of the next verse. The effect is perhaps to mitigate the exclusively male patriarchal feel of the blessing - especially since שָׁדַיִם shadayim is paired with that most female of words רָחַם racham "womb".by the name of the Shepherd,25 by the God of your father, who will help you,
the Rock of Israel,by the Almighty (shadday) who will bless you26 The blessings of your fatherwith blessings of heaven above,
blessings of the deep that lies beneath,
blessings of the breasts and of the womb.are stronger than the blessings of the eternal mountains,
the bounties of the everlasting hills;
may they be on the head of Joseph,
on the brow of him who was set apart from his brothers.
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... by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob,Here the echoes of שַׁדַּי shadday "Almighty" with שָׁדַיִם shadayim "breasts" resonates strongly, and perhaps is echoed more weakly (in sense if not by sound) with the "eternal mountains" and "everlasting hills" of the next verse. The effect is perhaps to mitigate the exclusively male patriarchal feel of the blessing - especially since שָׁדַיִם shadayim is paired with that most female of words רָחַם racham "womb".by the name of the Shepherd,25 by the God of your father, who will help you,
the Rock of Israel,by the Almighty (shadday) who will bless you26 The blessings of your fatherwith blessings of heaven above,
blessings of the deep that lies beneath,
blessings of the breasts and of the womb.are stronger than the blessings of the eternal mountains,
the bounties of the everlasting hills;
may they be on the head of Joseph,
on the brow of him who was set apart from his brothers.
Just by checking the sample page available on the JPS website, I immediately saw that much of Ibn Ezra was missing.So, if anyone has seen the volume, is Berel right, or is this a volume I want to own?
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Goldingay, John. Old Testament Theology: Israel's Gospel: Old Testament Theology. InterVarsity Press, 2003.
“The NT is then a series of Christian and ecclesial footnotes to the OT, and one cannot produce a theology out of footnotes”Since I've often claimed (tongue only half way to my cheek) that the NT is the first Christian Theology of the Old Testament ;-)
The temple would hardly have had 7m thick walls! So what we seem to have is a massive, presumably not casemate, wall that Eliat Mazar seems to be dating to the Iron 1 period, probably in the "city of David" area of Jerusalem near where she reported the large building (part of this building? the city wall?). How frustrating!A 20-meter-long section of the 7-meter-thick wall has now been uncovered.
Tyler also merely notes the find. How I wish either archaeologists would keep silent till they publish a report, or they would keep blogs, so we at least knew something to discuss sensibly when students come asking questions!It’s probably a bit early to say that the wall proves the existence of a 'davidic empire.'
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