Comments on Cold & Calculating: God as a Woman (Isaiah 49:15)

Robert: the hen passage was part of the original p...

2006-11-26T21:39:44.103-05:00

Robert: the hen passage was part of the original post.

Great question/discussion. What about the "as a h...

2006-11-19T22:57:38.414-05:00

Great question/discussion. What about the "as a hen I will gather thee" passages?

Julie: Thanks for the link to the article. It's a ...

2006-10-28T21:41:20.618-04:00

Julie: Thanks for the link to the article. It's a much better list of verses than what I started with. I would encourage anyone to read it (though I think her interpretation of Deuteronomy 32:11-12 is ornithological fantasy). I would correct one thing you wrote: I don't base my study on the KJV.

Much of the commentary on the verses added to the ...

2006-10-26T20:05:12.773-04:00

Much of the commentary on the verses added to the original post is based on the KJV, which misreads the Hebrew. I'm sorry I can't discuss each one, but I have to teach a class soon. In case I don't get back to it, this site explains why the references I listed contain female images of God:

http://clubs.calvin.edu/chimes/970418/o1041897.htm

After rereading Julie's comment I better see her p...

2006-10-25T20:35:54.925-04:00

After rereading Julie's comment I better see her point about casting versus comparing. Sorry I missed it (shouldn't be blogging so late at night....)

Very interesting thoughts. Thank you.

2006-10-25T11:48:56.402-04:00

Very interesting thoughts. Thank you.

Alter-Ben: Thanks for stopping by. Julie: Thanks ...

2006-10-24T23:58:24.670-04:00

Alter-Ben: Thanks for stopping by.

Julie: Thanks for the references. I'd be happy to read any more you may come up with. As for those you listed, please see my edited post for a response (sorry to respond that way, but adding links Blogger's comments is a chore).

Regarding the word "cast": we may be using this differently. I am using it as a director might; ie. "For today's

Hey Julie, that depends on what the meaning of the...

2006-10-24T20:46:30.261-04:00

Hey Julie, that depends on what the meaning of the word "is" is. it is a pretty direct and striking metaphor, metaphor though it be. It not only compares God to a woman; it compares God to a breast-feeding woman! Definitely worth a blog post. Thanks for the additional references, Julie.

There's a lot more than just two scriptures that d...

2006-10-24T18:12:35.952-04:00

There's a lot more than just two scriptures that do this: Deuteronomy 32:11–12, 18; Job 38:28–29; Psalms 22:10–11, 91:4; and Isaiah 42:14, 49:15, 66:9, 13. That's only OT and it is only a partial list.

I'm not entirely convinced that the nursing mother scripture you quote casts the Lord as a woman as much as it compares the Lord to a woman, which isn't quite the same thing.