tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20166943.post858873371769537678..comments2024-03-28T14:43:35.296-05:00Comments on Ministry and Music - Seeking the Old Paths: The Holy Bible: a Purified TranslationR. L. Vaughnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10992710377193518029noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20166943.post-79626076999917836432017-05-17T15:37:25.181-05:002017-05-17T15:37:25.181-05:00Leland, not sure how you are using the term “anti-...Leland, not sure how you are using the term “anti-Marian,” but I would think he does not intend to be (at least not any more so than any Protestant might be so considered). Here is a little fuller statement of what he wrote in that footnote, which might help you judge what you are thinking about:<br /><br />“It is probable that Joseph had died, perhaps rather shortly after he and Mary had taken the young Jesus to the Temple; and Mary, in order to support her family, had become the head of a catering business. If so, she may have been employed to provide food and drink for the wedding at Cana. Although she may herself have been a teetotaler, obeying Proverbs 23:31-5, she may have felt that her occupation made it necessary to provide alcoholic wine for customers—possibly the majority—who demanded it. As a good business woman, she may have provided enough for a normal wedding; but at this one the guests may have been exceptionally heavy drinkers, and her supply of beverage was exhausted. She therefore appealed to her divine Son. It was not strange that a woman in antiquity owned and operated a business. Lydia did so (Acts 16:14), and the virtuous woman of Proverbs 31:10-31 purchased a field, planted a vineyard, and sold merchandise, all independently of her husband and while he was still living.” (pp. 197-198)R. L. Vaughnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10992710377193518029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20166943.post-89560973878973451812017-05-17T12:09:17.685-05:002017-05-17T12:09:17.685-05:00The Blessing of the Wine that I was taught, Boruch...The Blessing of the Wine that I was taught, Boruch atah Adonai Elohenu, Melekh ha-Olam, borey p'ri ha-gafen, appears to me to be neutral as to alcoholic content. Indeed, it is neutral as to liquidity. "...who hast created the <i>fruit of the vine</i>." Thus it is a blessing related to the grape (and perhaps the blackberry etc.) rather than to the nature of the derivative product, if any. Alcohol is useful in getting drunk, but it is also useful as a preservative. In the absence of trustworthy means of refrigeration, making wine is a good way to extend the useful shelf life of the grape harvest. Then, having made it, one can decide whether to sip it, drink it in moderation, or get blotto. Proverbs seems to me to be aiming at the blotto application more than the wine per se.<br /><br />What I wonder is why bother with imputing liquor sales to the Mother of God when you could just either (a) say she, too, meant grape juice, or (b) just say «"oinos"» is neutral and be done with the issue? Is the guy anti-Marian as much as teetotalitarian?Leland Bryant Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14211499185401035099noreply@blogger.com