The idea of accommodation to the ways of the people of the time is
also cited by Calvin in his discussion of the Dt. 21 passage on
marrying a prisoner of war. He also notes the ethical difficulties
brought up by the command to wipe out the Midianite women in Numbers
31. These are not new problems!
Dr. David Campbell
Old Seashells
University of Alabama
Biodiversity & Systematics
Dept. Biological Sciences
Box 870345
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 USA
bivalve@mail.davidson.alumlink.com
That is Uncle Joe, taken in the masonic regalia of a Grand Exalted
Periwinkle of the Mystic Order of Whelks-P.G. Wodehouse, Romance at
Droitgate Spa
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