Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Rape in the Hebrew Bible | Dr. Claude Mariottini – Professor of Old Testament

Dr Claude Mariottini has pointed out a book by Susanne Scholz called Sacred Witness: Rape in the Hebrew Bible (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2010) . I find that this subject is often brought up as an objection against God and Christianity as if the Bible condones and prescribes rape as acceptable behavior. Scholz does a better job it seems in how she studies the object and has a very good goal.

Scholz’s goal “is to provide readings of biblical rape texts that endorse a hermeneutics of meanings and present the Hebrew Bible as a ‘sacred witness’ to rape in the lives of women, children, and men” (p. 23).
This sounds like a great reference book for everyone!

Rape in the Hebrew Bible | Dr. Claude Mariottini – Professor of Old Testament
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10 comments:

  1. So, have you read Susanne Scholz's Sacred Witness: Rape in the Hebrew Bible?

    If not, how would you know she does a "better job" than those who cite biblical examples of rape as "objection against God and Christianity"?

    Did you ever read Hawking's The Grand Design?

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  2. Do you still think you were ever born again?

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  3. Oh and read the post again. I didn't say she did a better job. I said that:

    "Scholz does a better job it seems in how she studies the object and has a very good goal."

    You need better reading comprehension skills.

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  4. "Scholz does a better job it seems in how she studies the object and has a very good goal."

    I read "it seems" and it doesn't add anything to the sentence.

    And we've been over the born again thing ad nauseum. I don't think I was "born again" because being "born again" is not a real thing. You were also not "born again". We both thought we were though.

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  5. Hmm. changing the text or what I wrote and ignoring what was actually said. I'm not surprised. If you read the Bible that way of course you would read whatever I write that way too - wrongly.

    Again, just because you were wrong about being born-again doesn't mean everyone else is. That's arrogant and myopic at the same time. Something that only God can fix. I'll be praying much for you.

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  6. Marcus; where in the wide wide world of sports did I change the text or what you wrote??? The way you use "it seems" appears to be just as an idiom or figure of speech. I still fail to see how it modifies the sentence in any meaningful way that would make it seem like you weren't prejudging this work. Perhaps, and there is a lot of precedence for this, what you actually wrote is not what you meant to write. In which case, I'll just assume you haven't read the book and didn't mean to say you know anything about the quality of her research and motives as compared to others.

    Again, just because you were wrong about being born-again doesn't mean everyone else is.

    Obviously, but based on our interactions, I'm as certain as can be that you, specifically, have not been "born-again" either. But don't feel bad, I've not met anyone who would seem to have been, but I've obviously not met everyone, or at least not every christian.

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  7. "It seems" was referring to Dr. Claude Mariottini's expert opinion which I bet you didn't read. Again changing what I said.

    Obviously, but based on our interactions, I'm as certain as can be that you, specifically, have not been "born-again" either. But don't feel bad, I've not met anyone who would seem to have been, but I've obviously not met everyone, or at least not every christian.

    Fortunately your opinion of my salvation means nothing. What God says is of infinitely more value. Since you don't know what being born-again means I find your analysis of my spiritual state wanting and meaningless.

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  8. Yes, of course I read the review, and based on that, it seemed that Scholz's book is a very direct, honest, unapologetic and agenda free work (at least based on the review) and that just doesn't seem to jive with your MO.

    Fortunately your opinion of my salvation means nothing.

    You sure protest a lot for someone who actually believes that.

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  9. Coming from you, one lobbing unsubstantiated accusations about things you don't know anything about, make plenty of sense. Yup, I've got plenty to worry about.

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  10. Nanny nanny boo boo, Marcus, nanny nanny boo boo.

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