On Wed, 10 Aug 2005 17:28:05 -0700
"James W. Broaddus" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I would like to know if there is a biblical scene in which the senses tell
> an individual that one thing is before him/her, but that if his/her faith
> were firm he/she would refuse to believe that which is presented to
>him/her
> by his/her senses.
Perhaps you will want to consider the scene in which the sense of hearing
(and also his reasoning) tells Isaac that his son deceptive Jacob is indeed
Jacob, while the sense of touch and the sense of smell tells Isaac that the
supplanter Jacob is Jacob's twin Esau (Gen. 27). Isaac almost refuses to
believe that the son he is blessing is the beloved Esau, and then talks
himself out of the truth, which is subsequently revealed to him by the
arrival of the real Esau. There are connections between Archimago and
Jacob, of course.
> Jim Broaddus
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