Great stuff. So the erudite Rabbi Abraham ibn Ezra said it was the "proximate agent" and angel who bore the Tetragrammaton here. That's one explanation.
By way of contrast, the NET Bible simply observes: "The text explicitly states that the sulfur and fire that fell on Sodom and Gomorrah was sent down from the sky by the LORD."
Either way, the Rabbi's explanation undercuts the Trinitarian abuse of scripture here.
Thanks, Jim. As my post implied with the ? mark, I'm not saying ibn Ezra is correct, but it just interest me, how the rabbis debated this issue without concluding one YHWH sent fire via another YHWH.
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Great stuff. So the erudite Rabbi Abraham ibn Ezra said it was the "proximate agent" and angel who bore the Tetragrammaton here. That's one explanation.
By way of contrast, the NET Bible simply observes: "The text explicitly states that the sulfur and fire that fell on Sodom and Gomorrah was sent down from the sky by the LORD."
Either way, the Rabbi's explanation undercuts the Trinitarian abuse of scripture here.
Thanks, Jim. As my post implied with the ? mark, I'm not saying ibn Ezra is correct, but it just interest me, how the rabbis debated this issue without concluding one YHWH sent fire via another YHWH.
Hi there, no worries--I understood your intent. :-)
Thanks Jim :)
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