tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11840313.post2340799333016813611..comments2024-03-10T10:54:59.776-07:00Comments on Ben Witherington: Where's Your Bath-- Sheba?Ben Witheringtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06017701050859255865noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11840313.post-86715697921051403862007-05-22T07:15:00.000-07:002007-05-22T07:15:00.000-07:00So far as I can tell people dıd not bathe obn ro...So far as I can tell people dıd not bathe obn roofs. They went to mıkvehs or water holes ın segregated groups<BR/><BR/>BenBen Witheringtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06017701050859255865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11840313.post-49376071727017183132007-05-21T17:06:00.000-07:002007-05-21T17:06:00.000-07:00Where should Bathsheba have been bathing? Was it u...Where should Bathsheba have been bathing? Was it usual to bathe on the roof? Was she being brazen? Or was it simply that David's palace gave him a vantage point denied to the rest of his subjects? Is Bathsheba to blame at all?<BR/><BR/>Not sure of the answers, but it seems some knowledge of architecture and culture might really affect how we read this story.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11840313.post-34612497563771005282007-05-18T12:38:00.000-07:002007-05-18T12:38:00.000-07:00Hi Brian:Greetings to all our friends at First Cen...Hi Brian:<BR/><BR/>Greetings to all our friends at First Centenary in C town. <BR/><BR/>Blessings,<BR/><BR/>Ben W.Ben Witheringtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06017701050859255865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11840313.post-22693225489724834122007-05-18T11:37:00.000-07:002007-05-18T11:37:00.000-07:00I thought that was pretty good! Hope all is well ...I thought that was pretty good! Hope all is well with you. All the Chattanooga folks say hello!Brian Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15536154761747032506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11840313.post-55549598930865029632007-05-18T10:13:00.000-07:002007-05-18T10:13:00.000-07:00I think both are well to blame. David should have ...I think both are well to blame. David should have been with his men at the battle instead of on his roof...<BR/><BR/>...and you know who he housed on his roof...<BR/><BR/>...and so did Bathsheba who could see the roof of the king from where she chose to recline disrobed.Jim Pembertonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01446388434272680014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11840313.post-45538597754008817002007-05-18T08:54:00.000-07:002007-05-18T08:54:00.000-07:00Wrong gmail login there. That was me,MattWrong gmail login there. That was me,<BR/><BR/>MattMatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14368791607689982645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11840313.post-83592861925720325872007-05-18T08:53:00.000-07:002007-05-18T08:53:00.000-07:00Here is something silly for you if you know the so...Here is something silly for you if you know the song Days of Elijah. This is a parody Paul McMullen and I wrote while in graduate school one afternoon. Feel free to remove it if you like :)<BR/><BR/>It is entitled “Days of Elisha.” No disrespect here - just references to several of the wacky stories of the Bible. Just put it to the tune of “Days of Elijah” and it will all make sense.<BR/><BR/>These are the days of Elisha,<BR/>Sending out bears to kill men.<BR/>And these are the days of that naughty,<BR/>Bathsheba, bathing, seducing David.<BR/>And these are the days of Hosea.<BR/>He had to marry a whore.<BR/>These are the days of your servant, Jonah,<BR/>who won’t be the voice of the Lord.<BR/><BR/>Chorus:<BR/>Behold they come, lots of bears with claws.<BR/>Woman on the roof, taking her clothes off.<BR/>Hosea’s kids, lots of awful names.<BR/>Jonah’s in a whale, it’s all insane!<BR/><BR/>These are the days of Methusaleh,<BR/>When am I going to die?<BR/>And these are the days of that strong man,<BR/>Samson, he lost his hair and his eyes.<BR/>And these are the days of Isaiah,<BR/>God told me to lay in the buff.<BR/>And these are the days of Moses’, kids,<BR/>Mom, why’d you cutt off my stuff?<BR/><BR/>Chorus<BR/>Behold they come, lots of bears with claws.<BR/>Woman on the roof, taking her clothes off.<BR/>Hosea’s kids, lots of awful names.<BR/>Jonah’s in a whale, it’s all insane!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05940414422311776301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11840313.post-26789605900451553442007-05-18T06:47:00.000-07:002007-05-18T06:47:00.000-07:00Indeed, I would say a good deal of the blame shoul...Indeed, I would say a good deal of the blame should fall on David and his wandering eye.Ben Witheringtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06017701050859255865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11840313.post-47200303785535222322007-05-18T06:15:00.000-07:002007-05-18T06:15:00.000-07:00Funny, but I can't help feeling like the blame is ...Funny, but I can't help feeling like the blame is falling on Bathsheba here when really a king ought to know when to look the other way.Brianmpeihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02583340553087208389noreply@blogger.com