Tim: Yes, and this is why when the biblical prophets look out at the violent empires of their day, they see two dimensions to all the chaos and injustice: human rebels who are being corrupted by the worship of spiritual rebels, the idol-gods of money, sex, and military power. Jon: ...
What this means is that the Hebrew Bible had a definite way of distinguishing the divine beings (the powers - plural - in heaven) from humans. It makes little sense to make Psalm 82 unclear if such a contrast between gods and humans were the goal. Why confuse people by using eloh...
40 They told Aaron, ‘Make us some gods who can lead us, for we don’t know what has become of this Moses, who brought us out of Egypt.’ 41 So they made an idol shaped like a calf, and they sacrificed to it and celebrated over this thing they had made. 42 Then God turned aw...
God has taken his place in the divine council; in the midst of the gods he holds judgment. “The term divine council is used by Hebrew and Semitics scholars to refer to the heavenly host, the pantheon of divine beings who administer the affairs of the cosmos. All ancient Mediterranean cul...
Anathema to those who say that Christians have recourse to the images as to gods. Anathema to those who call the sacred images idols. Anathema to those who knowingly communicate with those who revile and dishonour the venerable images. Anathema to those who say that another than Christ our Lor...
Paul stared at the Jewish council and said, “Brothers, my relationship with God has always given me a perfectly clear conscience.” The chief...
/ prE5pIFIeIt; prE`pIFI9et/ v [Tn] (fml 文) win the favour or forgiveness of (sb) (esp when he is angry) by a pleasing act; appease or placate 讨好(某人); 求得(某人)原谅; (尤指)哄(某人)息怒; 劝解; 抚慰: They offered sacrifices to propitiate the gods. 他们供奉祭品以求神息怒...
[de] 39 Our[df] ancestors[dg] were unwilling to obey[dh] him, but pushed him aside[di] and turned back to Egypt in their hearts, 40 saying to Aaron, ‘Make us gods who will go in front of us, for this Moses, who led us out of the land of Egypt[dj] —we do not know ...
God among the gods: An analysis of the function of Yahweh in the divine council of Deuteronomy 32 and Psalm 82.The importance of the Ugaritic texts discovered in 1929 to ancient Near Eastern and Biblical Studies is one of constant debate. The Ugaritic texts offer a window into the cosmology...
in their hearts they turned back to Egypt,40saying to Aaron, “Make gods for us who will lead the way for us; as for this Moses who led us out from the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him.”41At that time they made a calf, offered a sacrifice to the idol...