Revd James B. Jordan argues that "those who believe that children do not belong at Jesus' table should excommunicate all pregnant women during the terms of their pregnancies."
Jordan sees in Judges 13:7, 14 evidence that symbolic or quasi-sacramental food eaten by the mother applies to the unborn child since Monoah is to observe the Nazarite food regulations until Samson is born.
The Sociology of the Church: Essays in Reconstruction (Eugene, Wipf and Stock, 1986) p249
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
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