[Magdalen] Church vacancy

Jay Weigel jay.weigel at gmail.com
Thu Jun 18 15:57:56 UTC 2015


*facepalm* I think it's also in the Bible, David.

On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 11:55 AM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

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> In a message dated 6/18/2015 11:49:18 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> houstonklr at gmail.com writes:
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> Why is  combining palm and hand redundant? The palm is only one side of the
> hand is it  not?
> Lynn >>>>>
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> The palms are always of the hands anatomically.  So a  non-redundant
> phrase would be "And hold you in the palms."  "of His hands" may  be
> poetic, but isn't necessary to convey the whole meaning.   Granted,
> there is a spiritual aspect to this, as well, they may be better  served
> by adding the "of His hands."
>
> But there are no palms elsewhere to be confused with those on  the
> ventral aspect of the hands.
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> David Strang.
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