Dear Kevin: On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 12:08 PM, Kevin W. Woodruff <[email protected]>wrote:
> > From: Kevin W. Woodruff <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Exodus 21:8 > To: "K Randolph" <[email protected]> > Date: Wednesday, May 1, 2013, 3:00 PM > > > Karl: > > We have two issues here: > > One is the meaning of *ya'ad* which in the Qal means "to designate or > assign", and in this case to assign a concubine > > >From where do you get this definition? >From uses within Tanakh, it appears to have the meaning “to call out to a meeting” whether small or large. Similar to the Greek εκκαλεω. > > There is a variant reading here. One (the kethiv reading) is the negative > *lo* which "not" and the other (the qere reading) is the preposition and > pronominal suffix lo' which means "to, or for him(self), which is the > reading I choose here" > > Yes I know about the Qere reading, but with my experience that about 90% of the time the Qere reading appears to be wrong (this is just counting the consonantal text, what about the vowels?), in an uncertain verse the odds say I should stay with the Kethiv. > > It basically says that a man does not have the right/power/authority to > sell a woman to foreigners but must redeem her, because of his > faithlessness//treacherousness /deceitfulness with her by not marrying her. > In an age when women were mostly chattel and goods, this legislation gave > basic human rights to wives/concubines. > > Even if we go with the Kethiv and the female slave has not been used sexually, doesn’t this verse give protection to such a female slave? That she’s not just goods that can be traded away? But if we go with the Qere, how does the WHPDH fit in? > > Kevin > > Prof. Kevin W. Woodruff, M.Div., M.S.I.S. > Library Director/Reference Librarian, Assistant Professor of Bible, Greek, > Theological Bibliography and Research > Tennessee Temple University/Temple Baptist Seminary, 1815 Union Ave. > Chattanooga, Tennessee 37404, United States of America > 423/493-4252 (office) 812/821-4512 (cell) 423/493-4497 (FAX) > [email protected] > > Karl W. Randolph. > >
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