Comments on: A Real Biblical Marriage (1Samuel 1)

By: Those Rascally Priest-Kids (1Samuel 2) -- a Nadder!

Those Rascally Priest-Kids (1Samuel 2) -- a Nadder! — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 07:56:46 +0000

[...] [continued from previous post] –she sings a song of praise to YHWH. Like similar sentiments in Job, the song might sound good to believers but to me it just makes YHWH sound like a mobster. Here’s a sample: “I gloat over my enemies, I rejoice in Your deliverance…The bows of the mighty are broken and the faltering are girded with strength…The LORD deals death and gives life, casts down into Sheol and gives life(2:1b,4,6)”. Yep, he can either give you a million bucks or break your legs. [...]

By: Takis Konstantopoulos

Takis Konstantopoulos — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 11:55:49 +0000

I know, it was weird… Also, I don’t remember if I said Jew or Jewish. I didn’t, of course, mean any offence. It was true that I was speaking to a Greek Jew/Jewish.

By: michael

michael — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 10:13:23 +0000

Weird, Orthodox Jews are exposed to hundreds of hours of Hebrew in prayer so not sure how he’d mistake it for Greek. As for your comment, maybe he took offense to the use of “a Jew” vs “Jewish”?

By: Takis Konstantopoulos

Takis Konstantopoulos — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 01:24:51 +0000

This is why Jews never ever ever pray in a loud, holier-than-thou, showy way.

Hm… Do I sense a kind of sarcasm here? (I watched the video…)

BTW, a couple of years ago, on a plane to NY, there were a bunch of young Orthodox Jews carrying musical instruments (violins). Before the plane took off I gave a quick phone call to a Greek friend. An Orthodox Jew turned to me and asked, smiling, if I was speaking in Hebrew. (Clearly, he was an American Jew, with no idea of what Hebrew sounds like.) I replied “no, but I am speaking to a Jew” (a true statement). He gave me a vicious look and did not reply. I tried to star a conversation, a bit later, but I was completely ignored. Clearly, he took my reply as an insult…