tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post8795469014388200539..comments2024-03-18T20:38:40.751+00:00Comments on Fr Hunwicke's Mutual Enrichment: Psalm 18 (RSV19) and the Miracle of the Sun.Fr John Hunwickehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17766211573399409633noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-38064990010316788342021-10-17T14:41:32.635+01:002021-10-17T14:41:32.635+01:00In the phrase "lash-shemesh", apparently...In the phrase "lash-shemesh", apparently "lash" is an inflected form of a preposition that means a whole range of things "with regard to." So there are a lot of possible meanings. <br /><br />"For the sun" is favored by modern translators because there are other passages using this wording, in which folks are doing pagan stuff for the sun, or dedicating Bansheehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12594214770417497135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-4236164862893823222021-10-16T18:31:21.295+01:002021-10-16T18:31:21.295+01:00The idea that God might set up a tent for the sun ...The idea that God might set up a tent for the sun is an odd one: normally people pitch their own tents, and in the exception of 1 Chron 15 1 it is David pitching a tent for the Ark, i.e. the servant pitching a tent for his master. For God to pitch a tent for the sun reverses the social roles. "In the sun" is therefore preferable to "For the sun." Doubtless the latter arose as David J Critchleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04132772923931692971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-71713960980895695192021-10-14T12:57:30.088+01:002021-10-14T12:57:30.088+01:00And the monstrance... Thank you kind pastor.And the monstrance... Thank you kind pastor.DMGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06206797202576000858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-73936437790198590752021-10-13T19:19:34.656+01:002021-10-13T19:19:34.656+01:00In sole posuit tabernaculum suum: et ipse tamquam ...In sole posuit tabernaculum suum: et ipse tamquam sponsus procedens de thalamus suoBrendan Whelanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01732699393877990277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-48184061986629156442021-10-13T14:03:19.304+01:002021-10-13T14:03:19.304+01:00That is truly beautiful. Every now and then I hear...That is truly beautiful. Every now and then I hear something that pertains to Our Lady and my heart feels like it’s going to burst with love. That, good Reverend Sir, is one of those instances.David Patersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07261702801973365285noreply@blogger.com