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1. You are correct, the argument must be made from absence, but the fact that the Sumerians do not seem to use the trumpet at all, and that Egyptian (middle kingdom only onward) uses the Hebrew loanword, strike me as pretty persuasive evidence. The Hebrews at Sinai were all trained in fluent Egyptian, so there is no reason for the word to have gone the opposite direction. Your objection is why I said "as far as I can trace".
2. The problem with using the Ps. 150, is that Gentiles are told to praise the Lord in Ps. 117, for example. There is no proof that this is any other than an attempt to be an exhaustive list, not a recommendation.
3. Thank you for finding a Scripture verse to replace the Talmud quote I gave. The verse proves only that the common people used flutes, not that they are recommended.
Your argument is excellent. It depends on what one means by negative context. I am more concerned with the use of the organ in churches (multiple flute instrument) having replaced the praise team in Christian history until recently. The theology underlying the acceptance of the organ was originally literally that it "places the equivalent of all the trumpet players of the levites at the control of one man". The appeal to pride and the replacement of God's Scriptural plan by human reasoning causes me great professional concern. For my purpose, these Scriptures are no contradictions, as one has the flute as a member of a praise team, the other makes it one instrument in the hand of one man, who is climbing the mountain to join others in praise.
Is. 58:1, has another implied meaning. Trumpet is of course shofar here, and what is meant is that you are to call God's judgment as a shofar does. But also, the Hebrew "Teruah" means both the trumpet call, and the shout of joy.
2. The problem with using the Ps. 150, is that Gentiles are told to praise the Lord in Ps. 117, for example. There is no proof that this is any other than an attempt to be an exhaustive list, not a recommendation.
3. Thank you for finding a Scripture verse to replace the Talmud quote I gave. The verse proves only that the common people used flutes, not that they are recommended.
Your argument is excellent. It depends on what one means by negative context. I am more concerned with the use of the organ in churches (multiple flute instrument) having replaced the praise team in Christian history until recently. The theology underlying the acceptance of the organ was originally literally that it "places the equivalent of all the trumpet players of the levites at the control of one man". The appeal to pride and the replacement of God's Scriptural plan by human reasoning causes me great professional concern. For my purpose, these Scriptures are no contradictions, as one has the flute as a member of a praise team, the other makes it one instrument in the hand of one man, who is climbing the mountain to join others in praise.
Is. 58:1, has another implied meaning. Trumpet is of course shofar here, and what is meant is that you are to call God's judgment as a shofar does. But also, the Hebrew "Teruah" means both the trumpet call, and the shout of joy.
