tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1077754504449649335.post4548447102179674639..comments2021-04-09T23:42:52.397-07:00Comments on Biblical Studies at Leuven: The “dark” passages of the Biblejarek moeglichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15196340653972495354noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1077754504449649335.post-85477576577709401642011-05-22T16:52:16.295-07:002011-05-22T16:52:16.295-07:00I have some difficulty with this section of text a...I have some difficulty with this section of text above:<br />1. "due to the violence and immorality they occasionally contain"<br />The scripture and even God are not first moral. First is to believe God (and by believe I do not mean nonsense).<br />A passage that is difficult is one that has been omitted in some peoples Psalters: psalm 58:11 he will wash his footfall in the blood of the wicked. This psalm is missing from some collections in spite of its title: do not destroy. Clearly this has very specific metaphoric meaning in the NT - washing in the blood of the lamb who became sin for us. The full scope of human emotion cannot be ignored - similarly the multivocality of Psalm 137. <br />2. " training his people in preparation for the Gospel."<br />The Gospel is in the Psalter and in the Torah. True I come to it with a knowledge of the NT, but the same Spirit, the same gift of the Spirit informs the Anointing of the Writings. Yes it takes work and judgment to decipher but in fact this work in the Spirit is a total delight and is impossible without engagement with the Invisible.<br /><br />On the whole, I guess I have to live with the somewhat explanatory progressive revelation if only because it puts some minds to rest. Take care that it does not encourage the mind to sleep.Bob MacDonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11335631079939764763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1077754504449649335.post-63692365600133978892011-05-19T03:43:54.044-07:002011-05-19T03:43:54.044-07:00I would like to recommend the following recently p...I would like to recommend the following recently published article that wrestles with this very issue and deals with one of the 'dark' passages of the Pauline corpus: <br />Didier Pollefeyt and David J. Bolton, "Paul, Deicide and the Wrath of God: Towards a Hermeneutical Reading of 1 Thess 2:14-16," in Tom Casey and Justin Taylor (eds.), Paul's Jewish Matrix, Bible and Dialogue 2 (Rome: G&B Press, 2011) 229-257.Emmanuelnoreply@blogger.com