medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Thank you. It does makes sense and tentatively at least I agree with this
view.
V. K. Inman
Quoting Bill East <[log in to unmask]>:
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> As for Seraphim I have
> > been trying
> > to figure them out for years. Where did you get the winged serpent
> > idea?
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> I am identifying them with the fiery serpents of Numbers 21:6 ff,
> Deuteronomy 8:15, Isaiah 14:29 and Isaiah 30:6. I realise that not all
> scholars believe we are talking about the same beasts, but Otto Kaiser
> certainly does so in his commentary on Isaiah 1-12:
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> "According to Isa. 14:29; 30:6 and Num. 21:6; Deut 8:15, the seraphim
> must be thought of as naked winged serpents with human faces and hands
> (cf. v.6), and according to the meaning of the word as glowing beings
> of light, on whose wings forked flashes of lightning may have appeared"
> (p. 76).
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> Other scholars however interpret 'fiery' as referring to the burning
> sensation imparted by their bite, which is how I have always understood
> them.
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> We seem to have a throwback to a a very primitive idea of a snake-god,
> rather à la Indiana Jones, perhaps an idol set in a snake-pit. If you
> offend him, he sends a snake to bite you. Or perhaps his priests throw
> you into the pit. Not a bad idea, actually; over the years, I have had
> lots of parishioners I would liked to have thrown into a snake pit.
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> Bill.
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