Thank you for your work. I have learned a lot from your commentaries and your angle on the Scriptures is refreshing. May the Almighty God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ continue to bless you in the Spirit for the building up of the Kingdom. Pax et Bonum.
This was an interesting listen, especially as you drew attention to various political dynamics, such as inferring that Haman held a deceitful posture toward the king. (And it's nice to hear someone argue within a particular tradition and honoring its contributions rather than casting it aside completely.) I am not familiar with the various commentaries you mentioned here, so I hesitate to offer any extended comment. This is not intended to argue against your interpretation, but maybe it might add something to it: have you heard Keller's interpretation of this passage ("The Man the King Delights to Honor")? Keller interprets the refusal to bow through the lens of wisdom literature and sees Haman as the embodiment of Proverb's warning that pride goes before a fall (a "case study" in pride). This reversal of fortunes between the humble man (Mordecai) and the prideful man (Haman) would also echo the reversal of fortune in Joseph's story. And, as was characteristic of his preaching, Keller adds Christological themes wherein the cross is the main exemplar of this dynamic: in Christ's death and resurrection, the moral fabric of the universe is perceived to be one in which the humble--defined as those who think of others rather than think of themselves--are exalted and the prideful are cast down. Those who act in their own interests at the expense of the community are cutting against the grain of reality itself.
Thank you for your work. I have learned a lot from your commentaries and your angle on the Scriptures is refreshing. May the Almighty God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ continue to bless you in the Spirit for the building up of the Kingdom. Pax et Bonum.
This was an interesting listen, especially as you drew attention to various political dynamics, such as inferring that Haman held a deceitful posture toward the king. (And it's nice to hear someone argue within a particular tradition and honoring its contributions rather than casting it aside completely.)
I am not familiar with the various commentaries you mentioned here, so I hesitate to offer any extended comment. This is not intended to argue against your interpretation, but maybe it might add something to it: have you heard Keller's interpretation of this passage ("The Man the King Delights to Honor")? Keller interprets the refusal to bow through the lens of wisdom literature and sees Haman as the embodiment of Proverb's warning that pride goes before a fall (a "case study" in pride). This reversal of fortunes between the humble man (Mordecai) and the prideful man (Haman) would also echo the reversal of fortune in Joseph's story. And, as was characteristic of his preaching, Keller adds Christological themes wherein the cross is the main exemplar of this dynamic: in Christ's death and resurrection, the moral fabric of the universe is perceived to be one in which the humble--defined as those who think of others rather than think of themselves--are exalted and the prideful are cast down. Those who act in their own interests at the expense of the community are cutting against the grain of reality itself.
@@pixelricebowl Keller's points fit nicely within the sort of approach I suggest.
Katherine Watt, bailiwicknews substack, is help with those who bow to, or succour-by-silence, latter day Hamans.