Monica Cellio

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Apr 28	comment	Where did the idea that the law was administered through angels come from? While God sometimes speaks through messengers, the law was given directly (Ex. 19-20). The passages in the question, however, claim that the law was given through angels. Can you address that? What you wrote is interesting but it doesn't seem to answer the question, unless I'm missing something?
Apr 28	comment	What are the limits to the Christological hermeneutic? Hi Jordan. Since you mentioned typology (and contrasted it with allegory), it sounds like you might be able to contribute to this question, so I thought I'd point it out to you. Thanks!
Apr 28	comment	How strong was Midian's army? Oh I see -- you're saying that the victory had to be clearly ascribable to God, hence unbalanced numbers, and therefore Moshe wouldn't want to send a superior force?
Apr 28	comment	How strong was Midian's army? God is stronger than anybody, but by that logic Moshe could have sent one guy. Please reread my final paragraph; I'm trying to understand, within the context of the narrative, why this was so unbalanced (or, if it wasn't, why it isn't).
Apr 28	comment	Are the twenty-four elders of Revelation 4-5 angels or humans? @MikeBull, that would be a better argument, but it's not the one you made in this answer. Your answer proceeds from an unsupported, faulty premise, that angels administered the Jewish covenant. In Tanakh the relations are person-God (for patriarchs, prophets, and those at Sinai) or person-prophet-God or person-priest-God (for regular folks). None of those involve angels; while divine messengers do of course show up, (1) they're not the only or even main way and (2) they don't administer.
Apr 28	comment	Where does the Tanakh differ from the Christian Old Testament? I, too, do not see how this answers the question.
Apr 26	comment	Where did the idea that the law was administered through angels come from? This only establishes that God has a heavenly court, so to speak. Where do the Christian scriptures get the idea that these angels are in charge of anything having to do with the covenant?
Apr 26	comment	When does it all start to go wrong for Solomon? True, but the chapter boundaries aren't original and don't always make sense (consider the very first chapter break). Hmm, are questions about the history of those divisions on-topic?
Apr 26	comment	When does it all start to go wrong for Solomon? Good question. I think your final quote is the answer -- against that clear directive in torah, the end of chapter 10 should cue the forboding music, so to speak. But I'm not sure how to go about proving or disproving that.
Apr 26	comment	Are the twenty-four elders of Revelation 4-5 angels or humans? I don't think I've ever heard that the Jewish covenant has angelic administrators. Where does that idea come from? Is it in the text somewhere?
Apr 25	comment	To what extent is Psalm 51:4 poetic exaggeration? Are you saying that because he wasn't legally accountable, he didn't sin agains other people (but only against God)? Are sins bein adam v'chaveiro (between a man and his fellow) resolvable that way?
Apr 24	comment	Whose idea was it to send the spies to scout the land of Israel? If the downvoter has suggestions for improving the question, I'd like to hear them. Thanks.
Apr 24	comment	Whose idea was it to send the spies to scout the land of Israel? Thanks for pointing out the Zech passage. God also seems to interfere with Paro's free will during the plagues, which many understand to be God helping him do what he was going to do anyway. In Jewish thought ha-satan's job is basically to be a prosecutor, who acts under God's direction (not an evil anti-god acting on his own). So, not a puppet or the like but not wholly independent either.
Apr 23	comment	What role does the Holy Spirit play in hermeneutics? Possible historical interest: chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/1637/… (Oct 2011)
Apr 23	comment	What is the status of the Law in the Messianic Age? Of course I'm not insisting interpretations are harmonious; I'm saying that (a) we haven't seen the prophesied messianic time yet (no matter how you interpret it) and (b) if Christians disagree with (a), then what is this future that Christianity is (nearly universally?) waiting for that's supposed to be better than today?
Apr 23	comment	What is the status of the Law in the Messianic Age? Really? The apostles believed that but we didn't get a divine reign on earth, lions lying down with lambs, etc, hence the "second coming". Isn't that what Christians are waiting for?
Apr 23	comment	What is the status of the Law in the Messianic Age? But your "messiah's torah" doesn't qualify, as it wasn't given in the messianic age (which hasn't arrived). I assume, therefore, that your comment represents a hope?
Apr 23	comment	What is the status of the Law in the Messianic Age? Hi Tzvi. While most of what you say is correct, correct answers tend to get downvoted if they don't follow our guidelines for answers. In brief, answers need to work up from the text; this site, unlike Mi Yodeya and others, isn't founded on doctrine -- though it can look that way with the super-majority that's here now! I hope you'll review these guidelines and, using them, contribute answers here; I'd love to see more answers with a Jewish perspective. (I'm often lonely now...)
Apr 23	comment	Why is God called the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob? The question was changed after I posted this answer. See the first revision for the context.
Apr 23	comment	Why is God called the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob? It's good that you're editing to try to clarify, but your edit changed this question from one about the text itself to one about different sources. That affects an answer that was already present. We try not to change questions out from under existing answers. Please edit again to bring it in line with the original question (with whatever clarification/improvement you can add).