H Dorrington <hjdinfl@...> wrote:>Then why do the witnesses not cast the first stones? Leviticus 24:14 is a narrative (not prescription) and doesn't say the witnesses didn't cast the first stones. It merely says the congregation stoned him (which is certainly within the scope of the Deut. passages in which the witnesses stone first then the congregation. In the Leviticus passage Moses recorded only the information that was pertinent to the *narrative* and the theology driving the narrative. Given the Deut. passages and Leviticus' silence on the matter, we could as easily presume the witnesses stoned first as we could presume they didn't. Narratives give us only the information pertinent to the theology that the author (and AUTHOR) is attempting to convey to his audience. It's not a good idea to allow narrative prescription (Lev. 24), esp. in the light of prescription (Deut.13 & 17). Chad Richard Bresson Xenia, OH http://breusswane.blogspot.com/ -- Read the Sound of Grace pages at http://www.soundofgrace.com To unsubscribe, send ANY message to: soundofgrace-unsubscribe@... To view our online archive go to our web page at http://www.associate.com/groups/soundofgrace