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The Case of the Blasphemer

The Case of the Blasphemer 118 THE CASE OF THE BLASPHEMER (Leviticus XXIV 10 ff.) Lev. xxiv 10 ff. describes an incident alleged to have occurred in the Israelite camp during the time of Moses' leadership, in which two men became involved in a brawl. The one was the son of an Israelite mother and an Egyptian father, while the other was a pure Israelite. In the course of the brawl the man of mixed parentage uttered words which offended the religious scruples of the bystanders and they brought him to Moses for trial. Moses did not know how to deal with this case and he referred it to divine judgment. The verdict given by the divine oracle was that the man had committed a heinous crime and the penalty to be exacted was execution by public stoning. The crime of the accused, as stated in the above Hebrew text (v. 11), was nvj The R-f W follows the hitherto accepted understanding of this line by translating: 'he blasphemed the Name and he cursed'. The NEB 1) rendering, however, is 'he uttered the Holy 2) Name in blasphemy'. A study of both verbs in this verse (?7'1 and shows that the conventional translation http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Vetus Testamentum Brill

The Case of the Blasphemer

Vetus Testamentum , Volume 22 (1): 118 – Jan 1, 1972

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Brill
Copyright
© 1972 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
0042-4935
eISSN
1568-5330
DOI
10.1163/156853372X00550
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Abstract

118 THE CASE OF THE BLASPHEMER (Leviticus XXIV 10 ff.) Lev. xxiv 10 ff. describes an incident alleged to have occurred in the Israelite camp during the time of Moses' leadership, in which two men became involved in a brawl. The one was the son of an Israelite mother and an Egyptian father, while the other was a pure Israelite. In the course of the brawl the man of mixed parentage uttered words which offended the religious scruples of the bystanders and they brought him to Moses for trial. Moses did not know how to deal with this case and he referred it to divine judgment. The verdict given by the divine oracle was that the man had committed a heinous crime and the penalty to be exacted was execution by public stoning. The crime of the accused, as stated in the above Hebrew text (v. 11), was nvj The R-f W follows the hitherto accepted understanding of this line by translating: 'he blasphemed the Name and he cursed'. The NEB 1) rendering, however, is 'he uttered the Holy 2) Name in blasphemy'. A study of both verbs in this verse (?7'1 and shows that the conventional translation

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Vetus TestamentumBrill

Published: Jan 1, 1972

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