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Old 11-16-2011, 04:45 PM   #11
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It's difficult to believe that anyone would consider it true that Jesus rode around anywhere on two animals at once.

The more likely scenario is that Matthew intentionally ignored the artistic literary form in order to make a point that Jesus' 'fulfillment' of Scripture was as literal, precise, and complete as possible.

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Unfortunately, your two sentences seem to contradict themselves.
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You admit that reading the text literally does not make sense, but then you argue that it was written that way (Jesus asking for two donkeys and being seated on them, επανω αυτων 21:7) to make the story available for a peshat interpretation.
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Matthew intentionally ignored the artistic literary form in order to make a point that Jesus' 'fulfillment' of Scripture was as literal, precise, and complete as possible.

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Old 11-17-2011, 07:41 AM   #12
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No Jiri, just walk on top of it, swampy as it is and thanks for the poem. I know just on poem by Daylan Thomas and like it alot (Do not go gentle into that good night" I think it is called).
Indeed...'rage, rage against the dying of the light !'

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Unfortunately, your two sentences seem to contradict themselves.
Not really.

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You admit that reading the text literally does not make sense, but then you argue that it was written that way (Jesus asking for two donkeys and being seated on them, επανω αυτων 21:7) to make the story available for a peshat interpretation.
That's not what I argued. Here it is again in case you missed it:
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JonA in Message 5:

Matthew intentionally ignored the artistic literary form in order to make a point that Jesus' 'fulfillment' of Scripture was as literal, precise, and complete as possible.

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Jon
Thanks for the heads-up, Jon !

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