This is not really related, but what do you think about Christians changing/returning to a Jewish canon ordering for the OT? Like using the TaNaK (Torah, Prophets and Writings) instead of the ordering traditionally used (Law, Historical Books, Wisdom Books, Major/Minor Prophets).
There seems to be some Biblical evidence (i.e. Jesus’ statement in Luke 24:44) and some ancient Jewish writers seem to assume this ordering. I’m interested in knowing your thoughts.
This is a great question but I do not have an answer. It is intriguing that the church ended up with a different order. It deserves investigation. I would tend to assume that there is real merit to both, and I would further assume that there is some sort of redemptive-historical logic to the change, as the Holy Spirit worked in his people. Sorry I can't be more help!
No, the word here in Psalm 1 is yagah, which has its head in Joshua 1:8:
"This scroll of the direction removest not from thy mouth, and thou shalt murmur in it day and night, to the end that thou guardest to do as unto all that is written in it; for then thou shalt succeed thy way, and then thou shalt be masterful."
The word used in Exodus 15:24 of the people “murmuring” against Moses is lun, which really does not mean to murmur, but rather to stop, resist, be obstinate. “Demur” may be a good translation there, as it has a similar root in English as in Hebrew: to delay.
Hi Bnonn. I hope you’re well.
This is not really related, but what do you think about Christians changing/returning to a Jewish canon ordering for the OT? Like using the TaNaK (Torah, Prophets and Writings) instead of the ordering traditionally used (Law, Historical Books, Wisdom Books, Major/Minor Prophets).
There seems to be some Biblical evidence (i.e. Jesus’ statement in Luke 24:44) and some ancient Jewish writers seem to assume this ordering. I’m interested in knowing your thoughts.
This is a great question but I do not have an answer. It is intriguing that the church ended up with a different order. It deserves investigation. I would tend to assume that there is real merit to both, and I would further assume that there is some sort of redemptive-historical logic to the change, as the Holy Spirit worked in his people. Sorry I can't be more help!
“Murmureth?”
Very interesting. Is it related to “murmuring” in the negative connotation (the Israelite wandering)?
No, the word here in Psalm 1 is yagah, which has its head in Joshua 1:8:
"This scroll of the direction removest not from thy mouth, and thou shalt murmur in it day and night, to the end that thou guardest to do as unto all that is written in it; for then thou shalt succeed thy way, and then thou shalt be masterful."
The word used in Exodus 15:24 of the people “murmuring” against Moses is lun, which really does not mean to murmur, but rather to stop, resist, be obstinate. “Demur” may be a good translation there, as it has a similar root in English as in Hebrew: to delay.