Sunday Sermonette: Human Life is Sacred

I ' ll just mention that somebody has apparently discovered these Biblical posts and has started emailing me PDFs of scholarly articles about the texts I ' m quoting and the archaeological context of the times. They ' re tracking with me so I don ' t think it ' s just computer generated. If it is, that ' s fairly remarkable. Anyway, to be honest, I haven ' t taken the time to read them so far, because I ' m busy with other things and this is a side project. The historical reality or lack thereof that may be associated with all this isn ' t that important to me. Not to say I won ' t take the time to read at some point, and if it ' s a human, I appreciate the gesture. For everyone else, just know that I don ' t claim to be deeply into Biblical scholarship. I take the trouble to find out enough to figure out where this probably came from, and note some of the references and contradictions, and I add some of my own commentary. But hey, I ' m a medical sociologist.Chapter 20 is quite long, but remember the division into chapters was made by Medieval Christian monks, it wasn ' t in the original Hebrew. The main story, that takes up probably 90% of it, seems to have two main theological points. The first, obviously, is that Yahweh is not a universal God. He ' s still the God of the descendants of Jacob, and he is their specific protector and Lord. So when they have him in a good mood, he ' s happy to slaughter other people on their behalf and let them rob the dead. The second point ...
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