Comments on: The Sotah Passage (Num 5) http://anadder.com/the-sotah-passage Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:28:52 +1000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Those Sinful, Lustful Eyes (Job 31) -- a Nadder! http://anadder.com/the-sotah-passage/comment-page-1#comment-22051 Those Sinful, Lustful Eyes (Job 31) -- a Nadder! Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:38:45 +0000 http://anadder.com/?p=1038#comment-22051 [...] was to be covered (Num 5:18) with the act of bearing the head considered as shaming an adulteress. (Previous [...] [...] was to be covered (Num 5:18) with the act of bearing the head considered as shaming an adulteress. (Previous [...]

]]> By: michael http://anadder.com/the-sotah-passage/comment-page-1#comment-8778 michael Mon, 18 May 2009 11:19:28 +0000 http://anadder.com/?p=1038#comment-8778 There's definitely a fetishism of the "magic" properties of the Bible out there (coincidentally in the same way as this passage is a fetishism of a supernatural water that will make "straying wives" tremble). But I think most people do respect the actual text. It's just not the particular passages I'm highlighting (which more would probably build defences around) but greener pastures that fit in more closely with most modern peoples' worldviews. Which hopefully the Sotah passage does not.. There’s definitely a fetishism of the “magic” properties of the Bible out there (coincidentally in the same way as this passage is a fetishism of a supernatural water that will make “straying wives” tremble).

But I think most people do respect the actual text. It’s just not the particular passages I’m highlighting (which more would probably build defences around) but greener pastures that fit in more closely with most modern peoples’ worldviews. Which hopefully the Sotah passage does not..

]]> By: Softening the Scriptural Blow (Num 5) -- a Nadder! http://anadder.com/the-sotah-passage/comment-page-1#comment-8775 Softening the Scriptural Blow (Num 5) -- a Nadder! Mon, 18 May 2009 11:12:33 +0000 http://anadder.com/?p=1038#comment-8775 [...] ← The Sotah Passage (Num 5) [...] [...] ← The Sotah Passage (Num 5) [...]

]]> By: Takis Konstantopoulos http://anadder.com/the-sotah-passage/comment-page-1#comment-8521 Takis Konstantopoulos Wed, 13 May 2009 23:23:01 +0000 http://anadder.com/?p=1038#comment-8521 I think that, no matter what you write (and what I find extremely interesting), it can influence almost no religious person. Why? I have observed that it is not the actual writings (of the Bible, say) that religious people respect, but the book (the object) itself. Many consider the Bible as a sort of magical thing. I think that, for example, having it next to their bed gives them confidence that evil is being kept away. In other words, there is the voodoo element even in religions which reject idolatry. I think that, no matter what you write (and what I find extremely interesting), it can influence almost no religious person. Why? I have observed that it is not the actual writings (of the Bible, say) that religious people respect, but the book (the object) itself. Many consider the Bible as a sort of magical thing. I think that, for example, having it next to their bed gives them confidence that evil is being kept away. In other words, there is the voodoo element even in religions which reject idolatry.

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