“Clearly, there is real force in this kind of objection to divine election. If there are the chosen, then there are also, in some sense, the unchosen. And if one ceases to assume, or at least hopefully expect, that one… — R. W. L. Moberly Copy Share Image
“On the one hand, we have seen that the particularizing logic of election is an expression of the particularizing logic of love. When there is a dynamic that elicits a wondering sense of “Why us/me?” we can see more clearly… — R. W. L. Moberly Copy Share Image
“Clearly, there is real force in this kind of objection to divine election. If there are the chosen, then there are also, in some… — R. W. L. Moberly Copy Share Image
“In any case, whatever the pedigree, the concern has become widespread that a classic biblically-rooted belief in a single deity who chooses particular people… — R. W. L. Moberly Copy Share Image
“What, now, of those not elected? Those not elected cannot be expected not to be hurt by not being of the seed of Abraham,… — R. W. L. Moberly Copy Share Image
“My positive interpretive thesis is thus straightforward. In response to the puzzle as to why Deuteronomy should promote and prioritize ḥērem if it “was… — R. W. L. Moberly Copy Share Image
“On the one hand, we have seen that the particularizing logic of election is an expression of the particularizing logic of love. When there… — R. W. L. Moberly Copy Share Image
“If the (apparently) ancient practice of ḥērem is promoted when it is not feasible in military terms, then this is a good reason for… — R. W. L. Moberly Copy Share Image
“There is also one obvious contextual issue for the translation of the verbal form of ḥērem. If the seven nations are to be “destroyed”… — R. W. L. Moberly Copy Share Image
“such a translation may beg the interpretive question. Deuteronomy has two other verbs to express a straightforward sense of “destroy.”57 Moreover, the conceptuality of… — R. W. L. Moberly Copy Share Image
“The recognition that idolatry really consists in making gods for ourselves and putting our trust in them is the great breakthrough in Israel’s thinking… — R. W. L. Moberly Copy Share Image
“So despite Humphreys’s rhetoric about scholarly misinterpretation and the “inspirational” potential of his interpretation, I think it is in fact hard to improve upon… — R. W. L. Moberly Copy Share Image
