Archive for November 22nd, 2007
Seven things God Hates
Thursday, November 22nd, 2007Seven things God Hates
A characteristic of ancient Hebrew poetry is to give a numbered list of items — ‘three things and four’, six things and seven’ — as representative of something larger. This feature occurs in Proverbs 6:16-19, where seven sins are listed as being especially hateful to God. They are not ’seven […]
