Post tagged with Shibboleth

  • On Christianese and Shibboleths

    March 03rd, 200902:19 PM ET
    By Anthony Horvath
    In Judges 12, the Gileadites find a way to distinguish between friend and foe by compelling captured refugees to say the word 'Shibboleth.' Evidently, Ephraimites couldn't pronounce it correctly, saying instead 'Sibboleth.' Those that said that latter were struck down while those who said the former were allowed to pass. 'Shibboleths' abound in ...
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