http://analytictheology.com/2009/03/water/ Wed, 22 Jun 2011 05:50:47 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://analytictheology.com/2009/03/water/comment-page-1/#comment-66 David Kronemyer Sun, 28 Nov 2010 17:07:09 +0000 http://analytictheology.com/?p=50#comment-66 Good points, but this still doesn't explain the persistence of water motifs in the first book of Genesis. I've always wondered, how come the whale is the first specific animal to be mentioned in the Bible? Then of course there is the great flood ... Good points, but this still doesn’t explain the persistence of water motifs in the first book of Genesis. I’ve always wondered, how come the whale is the first specific animal to be mentioned in the Bible? Then of course there is the great flood …

]]> http://analytictheology.com/2009/03/water/comment-page-1/#comment-65 Roger A. Sawtelle Sat, 27 Nov 2010 17:50:21 +0000 http://analytictheology.com/?p=50#comment-65 You write that the prefered milieu of the Hebrews was the desert, however it seems to me that the Hebrews were traditionally herders, which put them more in land that has vegetation but not good for agriculture, such as hilly land. It is clear from Genesis that they felt blessed to be herders. Abel was a herder, while Cain was a Farmer. Lot chose fertile, inhabited land, while Abraham was content with the hilly nad mountainous land. Esau was a hunter, while Jacob followed the family herder business. David like many of his compatiots began his life as a shepherd. Herding is agricultural and civilized, unlike hunting, but it is also closer to nature than urban and farm life. Water is too broad a category to be pigeonholed. The Hebrews feared the power of the storm and unfamiliar power of the ocean. They appreciated the water from the rain, the spring, the stream, and the well. You write that the prefered milieu of the Hebrews was the desert, however it seems to me that the Hebrews were traditionally herders, which put them more in land that has vegetation but not good for agriculture, such as hilly land. It is clear from Genesis that they felt blessed to be herders. Abel was a herder, while Cain was a Farmer. Lot chose fertile, inhabited land, while Abraham was content with the hilly nad mountainous land. Esau was a hunter, while Jacob followed the family herder business. David like many of his compatiots began his life as a shepherd. Herding is agricultural and civilized, unlike hunting, but it is also closer to nature than urban and farm life. Water is too broad a category to be pigeonholed. The Hebrews feared the power of the storm and unfamiliar power of the ocean. They appreciated the water from the rain, the spring, the stream, and the well.

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