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1 | Intermarriage | Ezra 9:2 | Emmaus | 115393 | ||
ischus, I don't think you make much of a case. The whole history of the OT is strewn with cases of the Israelties falling away from faith because of falling in with pagan women and being influenced by their religions. Solomon, that paragon of wisdom being a prime example. The blame should squarely be laid at the feet of the offending Israelites and not the women they married as Ezra makes clear when they confess their sin, not the sin of the women they married. And the passage where you says Ezra adds to the number of foreign nations listed in Deuternomy, is enclosed in brackets in my bible, indicating that it is likely a scribal gloss and not part of the original text. I did not pass over you posts lightly. I just find them unconvincing. The Talmud considers Ezra a second Moses. And one must also take into account the prophets of that time mentioned in Exra 5:1. Why did not God use them to straighten out Ezra if he was in the wrong? Perhaps the answer is in Ezra 7:6? I see no indication that the foreign wives were converts to the faith and the context of Ezra-Nehemiah would indicate they were not. I am sorry you saw no relevance to the Samaritan issue. Emmaus |
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2 | Intermarriage | Ezra 9:2 | ischus | 115398 | ||
Emmaus, First of all, I appreciate your Samaritan stuff, and I didn't mean to make it sound unimportant. Secondly, I thank you for your comments and I respect your answer, since it is a logical argument with textual evidence. Obviously I do not agree, but this is beside the point. I just wanted to know that you took my stuff seriously, which you did, and I respect that, as well as your conclusions. A few questions, though: 1)Can you give me some additional info about your bracketed scribal gloss- I am curious 2)How often has the Talmud proven to be correct about authors of the OT books? 3)Did I not address the issue of the prophets with the Jeremiah passages, as well as with Malachi, who was Ezra's contemporary? 4) Don't you think that the hand of the Lord was on all of his people, especially those he chose to lead? Is it not possible for a good man to make a bad mistake? ischus |
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