--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > "Listen to how Joshua and Caleb describe the inhabitants of Canaan the > people who rightfully possess the land the Israelites want to > seize: "Have no fear then of the people of the country, for they are > our prey" (my italics). "Prey"that's a breathtaking and sinister > word! Again we're reminded that the Torah is not aspiring to be a book > for everyone. It is not preaching universal truth for all men. It is > the work of a single tribe at war with everyone around it. Their > enemies were not human: They were prey." > > http://www.slate.com/id/2146473/entry/2146669/?nav=tap3 >
One of the most absurd passages I've encountered in the Bible is this one from 2. Kings: 23 And he went up from thence unto Beth-el; and as he was going up by the way, there came forth young lads out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou baldhead; go up, thou baldhead. 24 And he looked behind him and saw them, and cursed them in the name of Jehovah. And there came forth two she-bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two lads of them. 25 And he went from thence to mount Carmel, and from thence he returned to Samaria. It's weird that most English translations have "she-bears", but Vulgata has "duo ursi", which is a masculine expression. Corresponding feminine would IMO be "duae ursae". 24 qui cum se respexisset vidit eos et maledixit eis in nomine Domini egressique sunt duo ursi de saltu et laceraverunt ex eis quadraginta duos pueros To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
