{"id":83843,"date":"2020-11-22T12:35:18","date_gmt":"2020-11-22T10:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/?p=83843"},"modified":"2020-11-22T12:35:18","modified_gmt":"2020-11-22T10:35:18","slug":"gods-hunger-and-thirst-not","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/gods-hunger-and-thirst-not\/","title":{"rendered":"God\u2019s Hunger And Thirst (Not)"},"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":[],"acf":{"old_id":"83843","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":79500,"related_cahpter":"617","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_create_date":"","old_url":"","post_main_content":{"description":"Elsewhere - in an extra-biblical psalm - God satiates Himself with sacrifices and quenches his thirst with wine","content":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Israel was thought to be immune from the belief widespread in the ancient world that the gods required food and drink and that man\u2019s sacrificial offerings supplied those needs. Psalm 50, however, seems to address this notion. It records a prophetic address from God to Israel:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI claim no bull from your estate, no he-goats from your pens. For Mine is every animal of the forest, the beasts on a thousand mountains. I know every bird of the mountains, the creatures of the field are subject to Me. Were I hungry, I would not tell you, for Mine is the world and all it holds. Do I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of he-goats? [Rather] Sacrifice a thank offering to God, and pay your vows to the Most High\u201d (verses 9-14).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why chastise Israel for such anthropomorphic beliefs? In 1890, a collection of texts was discovered in Luxor in Egypt. The texts belonged to the ancient Jewish community there. The texts use Demotic characters but the language is Aramaic. Known as Papyrus Amherst 63, the texts are from the 3rd century BCE, but their contents have been dated to the 8th century BCE. Recently translated, they appear to be three extra-biblical psalms. One describes a New Year festival in which a meal of plenty is prepared so God can satiate Himself with sacrifices and quench his thirst with wine:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hear me, our God! Fine lambs (and) sh[ee]p We will sacrifice for you among the Gods. Our banquet is for you Among the Mighty Ones of the people, Adonay, for you, Among the Mighty Ones of the people. Adonay, the people will bless you. Your annual offerings we will perform. <\/span><strong>From the pitcher, saturate yourself my God!<\/strong> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let it be announced forever: The Merciful One exalts the great, Yaho humiliates the lowly one. They have mixed the wine in our jar, In our jar, at our New Moon festival! <\/span><strong>Drink, Yaho, From the bounty of a thousand bowls! Be satiated, Adonay, From the bounty of the people!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Psalm 50 has been attributed to the same 8th century BCE time period as this extra-biblical psalm. While the Bible has largely been purged of such anthropomorphism, this ancient find provides background for Psalm 50&#8217;s need to identify for Israel the proper conception of its God and the appropriate way for Him to be worshiped.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Image: Papyrus Amherst 63. Aramaic written in Demotic script. 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