Comments on: Pig Sacrifices http://pursiful.com/2009/04/pig-sacrifices/ Darrell Pursiful's blog Mon, 14 May 2012 13:24:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: mikelioso http://pursiful.com/2009/04/pig-sacrifices/comment-page-1/#comment-1342 mikelioso Fri, 10 Apr 2009 16:48:27 +0000 http://pursiful.com/?p=1508#comment-1342 other groups in the area had prohibitions on pigs. Egyptians seem to have different views within their culture on pigs, along with fish, on whether they were clean or unclean. Pigs were comonly seen as a destructive forse in legends of the region. in egypt the evil god seth assumed the form of a black pig, and some legends of adonnis say he was gored to death by a pig. beyond those negative attributes, I wonder if the Israelite ban on pigs reflects that they weren't good animals for a wandering beduin to keep, and thus were assotated with canannite city dwellers? i have a hard time immagining a group of pigs accompaninying goats and camels in the high desert. other groups in the area had prohibitions on pigs. Egyptians seem to have different views within their culture on pigs, along with fish, on whether they were clean or unclean. Pigs were comonly seen as a destructive forse in legends of the region. in egypt the evil god seth assumed the form of a black pig, and some legends of adonnis say he was gored to death by a pig. beyond those negative attributes, I wonder if the Israelite ban on pigs reflects that they weren’t good animals for a wandering beduin to keep, and thus were assotated with canannite city dwellers? i have a hard time immagining a group of pigs accompaninying goats and camels in the high desert.

]]> By: Michael Westmoreland-White http://pursiful.com/2009/04/pig-sacrifices/comment-page-1/#comment-1341 Michael Westmoreland-White Sun, 05 Apr 2009 23:53:44 +0000 http://pursiful.com/?p=1508#comment-1341 Sorry to hijack this D.P., but I wrote today on Palm Sunday. http://levellers.wordpress.com/2009/04/05/palm-sunday-anti-imperial-street-theatre/ One of my persistant conservative critics tried to turn this into a debate over the Jesus Seminar (which I'm ignoring--he knows well that I am not a fan of the JS, but is trying to sidetrack things). But he had a more substantive criticism saying that the early church was apolitical and other worlldly. I am not enough of a scholar of the Ante-Nicene church to answer authoritatively. My impression is that this apolitical otherworldliness was a part of the Constantinian capture of the church, but I need people like you to address this because of your greater knowledge of early church history. Sorry to hijack this D.P., but I wrote today on Palm Sunday. http://levellers.wordpress.com/2009/04/05/palm-sunday-anti-imperial-street-theatre/

One of my persistant conservative critics tried to turn this into a debate over the Jesus Seminar (which I’m ignoring–he knows well that I am not a fan of the JS, but is trying to sidetrack things). But he had a more substantive criticism saying that the early church was apolitical and other worlldly. I am not enough of a scholar of the Ante-Nicene church to answer authoritatively. My impression is that this apolitical otherworldliness was a part of the Constantinian capture of the church, but I need people like you to address this because of your greater knowledge of early church history.

]]> By: Darrell Pursiful http://pursiful.com/2009/04/pig-sacrifices/comment-page-1/#comment-1340 Darrell Pursiful Sat, 04 Apr 2009 20:38:46 +0000 http://pursiful.com/?p=1508#comment-1340 Jim, does Milgrom say anything about Canaanite and Egyptian sacrificial practices vis-à-vis pigs? Jim, does Milgrom say anything about Canaanite and Egyptian sacrificial practices vis-à-vis pigs?

]]> By: Jim Getz http://pursiful.com/2009/04/pig-sacrifices/comment-page-1/#comment-1339 Jim Getz Sat, 04 Apr 2009 00:59:45 +0000 http://pursiful.com/?p=1508#comment-1339 Is there anything about which one can say, “Look at this! It is new!”? It was already written of by Milgrom in his gigantic Anchor Bible Commentary. ;-) Is there anything about which one can say, “Look at this! It is new!”? It was already written of by Milgrom in his gigantic Anchor Bible Commentary.
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