Test the Tune of Theodicy The Twelve

 Test the Tune of Theodicy The Twelve

A friend sent music as therapy when I needed it. Many need to understand how a good, omnipotent God can allow evil—theodicy. Maybe this tune will help, when good musicians improve it.

1—The Twelve (12 minor prophets) is said to be theodicy.

2—But these books are not in chronological order.

3—‘New Bible Commentary’ p. 628 has a list of when the prophetswrote.

4—Let’s take the 12 and put them on a piano octave of 12keys, 7 white and 5 black.

The tune would go like this:

Hosea, 4^th key This book was written 4^th, chronologically)

Joel,  1^st

Amos, 2

Obadiah, 9

Jonah, 3

Micah, 5

Nahum,7

Habakkuk, 8

Zephaniah, 6

Haggai, 10

Zechariah, 11

Malachi, 12

5—So to play the tune, it’s 41293578610,11,12

6—If one doesn’t want to play notes of the same length, one might decide that shorter books would have  shorter notes.

7—Or, one could do something with the lengths of time between books.

8—This might be good music therapy for those with questions about theodicy—how can an omnipotent, good God allow evil/calamity? Test these out, ye musically talented.