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Thread #112434   Message #2380403
Posted By: oggie
03-Jul-08 - 04:34 PM
Thread Name: Was 'Lord of the Dance' anti-semitic?
Subject: RE: Was 'Lord of the Dance' anti-semitic?
"Isaiah 63:18 ... Your holy people possessed Your sanctuary for a little while, Our adversaries have trodden it down. ... Your holy people possessed the land for a little while. ... "

With semantics you can argue almost anything. In this case, quoted by Gerry, IF God is addressing the Jews then there is obviously a distinction between the priestly caste and the Jewish people. If the Jews as a whole where the "Holy People" then it should raed "...You holy people...".

Now it is possible to argue that this is a translation of an oral text etc etc but if you are going to base your argument on semantics that doesn't wash IMO.

Given the state of the world I can see much more important things to worry about than whether one song is anti-semitic (like the further proliferation of nucleur weapons in the Middle East for example).

Steve