I believe Judges 19-21 is a superb case study of the dynamics of domestic abuse and how an abusive man recruits others as allies. The abuser then uses his allies to enable him to get away with his abuse.
My presentation on YouTube explains this in detail. Go to YouTube and search for ‘The Levite’s Concubine Barbara Roberts’.
I’m glad you pushed back against Foh’s interpretation of that rare word in Gen 3:16.
Andrew A. Macintosh has done a thorough study of the word תְּשׁוּקָה (teshûqâ). He came to an interesting conclusion. In his 2016 article “The Meaning of Hebrew תשׁוקה,” he said —
“In summary, I conclude that ‘desire’ is not a proper rendering of the Hebrew word תְּשׁוּקָה in the Hebrew Bible or in the Dead Sea Scrolls. Rather, on the evidence of comparative philology and of the ancient versions, ‘concern, preoccupation, (single-minded) devotion, focus’, appears to be more likely.”
For my full citation of Macintosh’s article, go here:
Yes! And thank you for the kind words. I deal more with the recruitment of allies in chapter 20, which I intend to post in sequence. I look forward to perusing your analysis of these chapters. I was not aware of Macintosh's article, but look forward to reading it. I have been hoping someone would publish that necessary corrective for a while! Less recognized, but an even more accessible argument for those without a linguistic background is that which Biblical Theology offers: Beginning in Genesis analyze OT marital relations and see who is the victim or made vulnerable more often than not--Sarah and Abraham...Hagar? Rebecca and Isaac? Rachel and Leah and Jacob? Dinah? Foh's interpretation is counteracted by the book of Genesis itself. Nevertheless, it continues to garner wide acceptance, though I think that support is based far more on the motivated reasoning of ideology rather than consistent hermeneutical principles.
I found it difficult to get access to Macintosh’s article. Had to go to the desk at a university library in Melbourne Australia (my home town) because the article wasn’t accessible online to laypeople like me.
I believe Judges 19-21 is a superb case study of the dynamics of domestic abuse and how an abusive man recruits others as allies. The abuser then uses his allies to enable him to get away with his abuse.
My presentation on YouTube explains this in detail. Go to YouTube and search for ‘The Levite’s Concubine Barbara Roberts’.
I’m glad you pushed back against Foh’s interpretation of that rare word in Gen 3:16.
Andrew A. Macintosh has done a thorough study of the word תְּשׁוּקָה (teshûqâ). He came to an interesting conclusion. In his 2016 article “The Meaning of Hebrew תשׁוקה,” he said —
“In summary, I conclude that ‘desire’ is not a proper rendering of the Hebrew word תְּשׁוּקָה in the Hebrew Bible or in the Dead Sea Scrolls. Rather, on the evidence of comparative philology and of the ancient versions, ‘concern, preoccupation, (single-minded) devotion, focus’, appears to be more likely.”
For my full citation of Macintosh’s article, go here:
https://cryingoutforjustice.blog/2016/04/17/the-womans-desire-in-genesis-316-lets-be-consistent-with-the-context-and-with-actual-life-pt-2-of-2/
Yes! And thank you for the kind words. I deal more with the recruitment of allies in chapter 20, which I intend to post in sequence. I look forward to perusing your analysis of these chapters. I was not aware of Macintosh's article, but look forward to reading it. I have been hoping someone would publish that necessary corrective for a while! Less recognized, but an even more accessible argument for those without a linguistic background is that which Biblical Theology offers: Beginning in Genesis analyze OT marital relations and see who is the victim or made vulnerable more often than not--Sarah and Abraham...Hagar? Rebecca and Isaac? Rachel and Leah and Jacob? Dinah? Foh's interpretation is counteracted by the book of Genesis itself. Nevertheless, it continues to garner wide acceptance, though I think that support is based far more on the motivated reasoning of ideology rather than consistent hermeneutical principles.
I found it difficult to get access to Macintosh’s article. Had to go to the desk at a university library in Melbourne Australia (my home town) because the article wasn’t accessible online to laypeople like me.