Comments on: Maximalism vs. Minimalism http://benabuya.com/2006/09/24/maximalism-vs-minimalism/ looking for alternative explanations Tue, 10 Jan 2012 01:43:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Simon http://benabuya.com/2006/09/24/maximalism-vs-minimalism/#comment-25 Fri, 06 Oct 2006 04:43:12 +0000 http://deba.wordpress.com/2006/09/24/maximalism-vs-minimalism/#comment-25 Yes, that would appear to have been the original import of the Biblical story. This is a widely discussed (and equally widely debated) area. If this passage is speaking of Chemosh then it is the sole example in the entire Bible of a foreign God expressing emotion. What is more, there are also other passages elsewhere that use very similar terminology in reference to the Israelite Yahweh – such as Numbers 18:5.

]]> By: John Cowan http://benabuya.com/2006/09/24/maximalism-vs-minimalism/#comment-23 Fri, 06 Oct 2006 04:33:01 +0000 http://deba.wordpress.com/2006/09/24/maximalism-vs-minimalism/#comment-23 2 Kings 3:27 Then he [Mesha] took his eldest son that should have reigned in his stead, and offered him for a burnt offering upon the wall. And there was great indignation against Israel: and they departed from him, and returned to their own land.

Who was indignant against Israel? Chemosh, obviously.

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