[b-hebrew] God vs angels in Ps 8:5
Trevor Peterson
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Fri Mar 25 12:08:46 EST 2005
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Subject: [b-hebrew] God vs angels in Ps 8:5
Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2005 16:52:48 +0000
> Worknig on a paper here and I was wondering which way most
> people translate Ps 8:5. I was thinking maybe the LXX is
> the correct translation because of the mem in front of
> Elohim.
>
> You have made him lower than (mem) something else. If the
> Psalmist wanted to express God there. He could have said
> you have made him lower than yourself.
>
> But I think the mem illustrates that God has made man
> lower than something other than himself, namely angels or
> some sort of heavenly being. --
I'm not sure I follow your argument here. Are you saying the
preposition min makes this less likely to be about God, or
is it the use of elohim rather than a second person pronoun?
I think there may be something to the suggestion, but it
seems a bit muddled as it's written.
Trevor Peterson
CUA/Semitics
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