Vox Populi, Vox Dei?
This Latin Phrase means Is oftentimes viewed as a quote from the Bible granting authority to decision made by the popular voice. however, it is not the case. No where in the Bible, in any of the versions of the Bible in Latin ( the famous Vulgate or the Vetus Latina one can find these words). The closest the Bible gets to this concept is in Ezekiel 1:24 As part of ezekiel’s description of the Divine chariot, Here is the Ezekiel 1:24:Hebrew: כְּקוֹל־שַׁדַּי֙ בְּלֶכְתָּ֔ם ק֥וֹל הֲמֻלָּ֖ה Latin: quasi sonum sublimis Dei cum ambularent quasi sonus erat multitudinis
As a matter of fact, the translation is the other way around, it should be something like Vox Dei vox populi. the sound that was made by the Divine chariot was like the sound made by God which is like the sound of a multitude of people. Now, after establishing that popular wisdom is not granted Authority by any biblical verse I want to ask your popular wisdom… I want to add a section to the newsletter and I want your opinion as to what that section should contain. Different periods in the history of Jerusalem ( each time writing about a different historical period In Jerusalem) The tribes of Israel (Each time writing about one of the tribes of Israel) Israel and the foreign Nations (Each time writing about one of the surrounding people in the Biblical times, Assyria, Babylon, Persia, Aram, Moab, Amon, Edom, Egypt, the Phoenicians and so forth)
What you propose would be an interesting thread to follow.