Hi Yigal, You may already be aware of this, but there are several commentators who have argued in recent years that the Israelites' *mishkanot* are referred to as such precisely because of their relationship to Yahweh's *mishkan*, i.e., they are called *mishkanot* because they surround the *mishkan*. See the discussion in G. K. Beale, *The Temple and the Church's Mission*, 123-26; and T. Stordalen, *Echoes of Eden*, 443.
Blessings, Jerry Dr. Jerry E. Shepherd Associate Professor of Old Testament Taylor Seminary 11525 - 23 Avenue Edmonton, AB T6J 4T3 CANADA Office: (780)431-5250 Home: (780)434-1164 Fax: (780)436-9416 Email: [email protected] <[email protected]> Internet: http://www.taylor-edu.ca<https://owa.taylor-edu.ca/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.taylor-edu.ca> On Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 1:45 PM, Yigal Levin <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello all, > > > > The noun mishkan literally means "dwelling", from the verbal root $KN. > However in almost all cases, the noun is used specifically in connection > with God's dwelling, be it the desert tabernacle/tent of meeting, the > Jerusalem temple, or even God's heavenly abode. However in Num. 16:24 and > 27, it is used to mean the dwellings of Korah, Dathan and Abiram, which are > referred to as "tents" everywhere else (for example in verse 26). > > > > So the question is, does anyone know of any other place in the Bible in > which the noun mishkan is used to refer to a human dwelling? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Yigal Levin > > > > > > > > Dr. Yigal Levin > > The Israel and Golda Koschitzky > > Department of Jewish History > > Bar-Ilan University > > Ramat Gan. 52900 > > ISRAEL > > [email protected] > > > > _______________________________________________ > b-hebrew mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew > -- Jerry Shepherd [email protected] _______________________________________________ b-hebrew mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew
