Episode 345: Torah! Torah! Torah! with Dr. John Walton
The Holy Post
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You Are Holy Because I Am Holy
In the old taletsa wash look ath quirm in the old testament, that is a misrepresentation of the verbal form. The verbal form is not an imperative. It is an imperfect form, which is indicative. And that means it should translate, you are holy because i am holy. Holinesss status as given, not something that can be achieved or pursued. I don't even know what to do with my purity ring. Now. Why can't you caustt thatte has been the construct forever, at least since aquinas? Eleventh century? Twelfth century. Crap.
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