Puzzling Passages I Kings 20:29-30
Posted in Religion, Puzzling Passages on Apr 5th, 2009 No Comments »
April 5, 2009 (There will be a fews weeks off. The next lesson will not be until May 3.)
Title: Who’s counting these people?
Why this passage? Why raise questions? Where will it stop?
- What is the problem with numbers?
- Could they be wrong because of mistakes in the oral tradition, or from the scribes?
- What if the numbers are correct?
- The way we look at numbers is a product of our culture - not the Hebrew way.
- Three ideas to remember when reading the Bible
- Language barriers influence meaning
- The intended audience of the writer
-The genre of the story
- Do you believe the story of Jonah?
- Naive skepticism - Where do you draw the line?
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