hebrew bible contains the story of samuel.
hebrew bible contains the story of samuel.
which bible contains the story of samuel?
hebrew bible
the hebrew bible contains strict purity laws, both ritual and moral. near eastern scholar eve levavi feinstein writes "the concepts of pollution and sexuality seem inextricably linked," yet the views in the bible vary more than is generally recognized. pollution terminology is used for illegal sexual contact such as rape and adultery, and it is also used for legal and licit sexual intercourse, menstruation, and for some perhaps unavoidable diseases. this makes the bible's view of the relationship between temporary ritual pollution and more serious moral pollution "murky." pollution concepts in the hebrew bible are connected to certain areas of experience such as sex, death, and certain kinds of illnesses and food. the hebrew term for pollution appears 286 times and the term for purity appears 207 times. feinstein says the hebrew bible never uses the term 'pure' (טָהֵר) to describe virginity, but does use it to describe a married woman who has not committed adultery (numbers 5:28). wanton, unrepentant sins are seen as having a contaminating effect on the sanctuary similar to environmental pollution.
ethics in the bible
a blog article in "the economist" criticized the museum of the bible for allegedly taking into consideration protestant, jewish and roman catholic views, but ignoring the views of orthodox christianity and not mentioning the "impact of the bible on islam" or taking into account the opinions of scholars who do not consider that the bible contains a coherent story. on the contrary, thomas l. mcdonald stated that "the museum of the bible is telling the story of the holy book in all of its complexity. one display details all the various canons of scripture, from jewish to ethiopic, what books they include, how they came to be in that form, and how they're used."
museum of the bible