Subject: dead bury the dead? |
Bible Note: Hank Truthfully I didn’t stir the pot just to stir it. To me the explanation that Simchat was offering was altering the meaning of the passage. I realize it wasn’t his but the writer of the book he referenced. The Canaanite god Mot was the god of the dead, but I had never heard the rest of the myth as Simchat shared it. I have serious doubt that Jesus would in any way base an important teaching to such an obscure myth by eluding to it, even if done sarcastically. Without some rather “interesting” study requiring a far from casual, far exceeding most seminary level I might add, study, Jesus’ meaning would be lost. Something I don’t think God intended. Therefore I don’t buy this explanation. Having read Bible Archeology Magazine and having been a student of Bible Manners and Customs I have never found a proven tradition, custom, ethic teaching, situation or happening that invalidated the understanding of any Biblical truth that has been commonly accepted and held by the church fathers for the last 2000 years. There have been some challenges, but to the best of my knowledge none have been proven factual. EdB |