03-19-2021, 02:46 PM
(03-19-2021, 02:02 PM)RabbiO Wrote: Would it help if I pointed out that to the ancient Israelites the heart was not the seat of human emotion?
Would it help if I pointed out that one needs to understand what the word “love” meant in the covenantal - suzerainty - treaties back in the day?
That is what I didn't understand. How can an emotion be commanded? It helps me indeed that the heart was not the seat of human emotion. Now I have more questions than before. What does that actually mean, love with thine heart, soul and might?
And I can not put love into the context of covenantal - suzerainty - treaties. One thing I know is, that a wife called her husband Lord - that could be a kind of love that is meant here. But I have no idea what that has to do with love. Is it possible to translate of the word "love"what it meant back then into our modern world and language?