Betty: On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 8:46 AM, B Chan <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Karl: There is an occurrence in Ruth 1:13 > > You are right, and again there the idea is that God had attacked her, taking away everything that she thought of value. > > > Having regard to the story's internal structure I remain unconvinced that > the reported communication to Hagar is "Ishmael will be at war with > everybody; and everybody with him." If an element of conflict is to be > imputed, it should not be too grim or bloody, or the ending "everybody with > him" would be quite catastrophic and final. > Then how could he become a great and numerous people? Just because there will be war, does not mean that it will be continuous, nor that it will result in the destruction of the people. > > > Betty Chan > > Karl W. Randolph. _______________________________________________ b-hebrew mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew
