Re: Thou shall not muder

Ian Dorion (dorioni@intellinet.com)
Wed, 14 May 1997 05:54:15 -0600

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MD Irvin wrote:
>
> The Hebrew word here is "rasah" which means "murder"
>
> Scholar Peter Craigie lends concurrence to this by saying that the text is best
> translated: "You shall not murder a fellow Hebrew".
>
> Craigie, Peter. The Problem of War in the Old Testament. Grand Rapids:
> Eerdmans, 1978
>
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(Ian 5/14) Well, does this mean it's O.K. if I murder some poor Polack
since I'm not Polish? How convenient.

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