03/01/08: Deuteronomy 29-31
Category: Deuteronomy
Posted by: sejje
Chapter 29:
29:6 Reads really strangely. It switches from Moses speaking for himself to him speaking for God, as far as I can tell. Is that your take?
Ted: Yes. Actually, that happens a lot in the Old Testament. Particularly with the prophets, in places it is like they are talking, then God is talking, then they are talking, then God is talking, yet the whole thing is written in first person. In a way, it makes sense, because really God spoke the entire Bible, using people to say and write it.
29:6 Reads really strangely. It switches from Moses speaking for himself to him speaking for God, as far as I can tell. Is that your take?
Ted: Yes. Actually, that happens a lot in the Old Testament. Particularly with the prophets, in places it is like they are talking, then God is talking, then they are talking, then God is talking, yet the whole thing is written in first person. In a way, it makes sense, because really God spoke the entire Bible, using people to say and write it.
