{"id":55231,"date":"2019-05-10T08:18:06","date_gmt":"2019-05-10T05:18:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/?p=55231"},"modified":"2022-12-04T15:52:45","modified_gmt":"2022-12-04T13:52:45","slug":"were-divine-miracles-overlooked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/were-divine-miracles-overlooked\/","title":{"rendered":"Were Divine Miracles Overlooked?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[281],"tags":[363,802,721],"acf":{"old_id":"55231","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":54871,"related_cahpter":"216","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_create_date":"","old_url":"","post_main_content":{"description":"A comparison of the Song of Deborah and the Song at the Sea yields some surprising differences","content":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Song of Deborah is the song of praise offered after defeating Sisera. This is the Haftarah read in conjunction with the Torah portion of \u00a0Beshalach, where another example of biblical song, the Song of the Sea, appears. After God took the Jewish people out of Egypt, they sang a song of praise on the other side of the split sea. While both texts are post-victory songs, the striking differences between them point to a change in the response to miraculous victory. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Differences in perspective are evident in the opening words of the two songs. The Song of the Sea opens with the whole nation together with the leader in praise of God; \u201cThen Moses and <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>the Israelites<\/em> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sang this song to the LORD\u201d (Exodus 15). Judges highlights the nation\u2019s absence in the praise: only the two leaders are mentioned, \u201cOn that day <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Deborah and Barak son of Abinoam<\/em> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sang\u201d (Judges 5). In addition to these differences, there are differences in the focal points of the narrative as well. The Song of the Sea focuses much more intently on the acts of God, while Deborah\u2019s song seems to highlight different aspects of victory by accentuating the actions of man rather than the hand of God.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the era of Judges, the nation (as well as the leadership) was more accustomed to the cycle of \u00a0war and then redemption. Because of human involvement in this state of war, it was a time where perhaps God\u2019s miracles were overlooked by the masses so only Deborah and Barak participated in the Song. 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