"John Knight" <jwknight at polbox.com> wrote in message
news:x3Pb9.28829$Ic7.2094393 at news2.west.cox.net...
> "Zayton" <zayton at bellsouth.net> wrote in message
> news:kRyb9.95746$%v4.5275868 at e3500-atl2.usenetserver.com...>> > **What better proof, indeed, that you arre a liar. The text says
Mordechi
> > was a Jew. (not his great grandfather, but Mordechi himself) The text
also
> > says that Mordechi was a Benjaminite. (not his great grandfather, but
> > Mordechi, himself) You had claimed that no Benjamanite was ever called a
> > Jew. You were proved worng. Trying to attatch the tribal identification
to
> > Kish won't work.
> > Mordechi was the son of Jair.
> > Mordechi was son of Shimei.
> > Mordechi was son of Kish.
> > Mordechi was a Benjaminite.
> >
> > Joe
>>> This is a LIE, Joe.
>> Mordecai is NEVER referred to as an Israelite, a Benjamite, a member of
the
> Tribe of Benjamin. NEVER.
>> The only reference to a Benjamite in the entire Book of Esther is the
> following:
>> Est 2:5 Now in Shushan the palace there was a certain Jew, whose name
was
> Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a
Benjamite;
> Est 2:6 Who had been carried away from Jerusalem with the captivity which
> had been carried away with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the
> king of Babylon had carried away.
>>> Mordecai is not the Benjamite. Kish is.
John, if Kish were being called a Benjaminite, there would be no comma
between Kish and a Benjaminite. These are items in a series, all modifying,
or giving additional information about Mordechi.
In fact the New International Version translates the passage this way:
Esther 2:5
"Now there eas in the citidel of Susa a Jew of the tribe of Benjamin
named Mordechi son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish....
Sorry, John; your crap won't stand up under even the most cursory
examination.
>>>>>Joe
