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  • From: Banyai AT t-online.de (Michael Banyai)
  • To: <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [b-hebrew] exodus, dating of linguistics
  • Date: 03 Jun 2004 21:25 GMT

> Identifying the "Book of the Law" with
> Deuteronomy feels like an artifice. So does the idea of separating the
> texts into YHWH and Elohim threads. Further splitting those threads into
> Priestly and Redactor sub-threads (as Friedman did) seems impossibly
> hypothetical and impossible to verify.


BTW. Has anyone ever come to the similar idea to separate mythologic Ugaritic
literature in El and Lotpan threads?

The craisy at this idea is the fact, there is no serious evidence for the
theory there was ever a difference between YHWH and Elohim. This is where all
had to begin. Otherwise we could split the text also along other lines, than
name differences, if at all.

I suppose Wellhausens ideas became trendy right at the time point that
everything - according to the intelectual consense- had to become a
scientifical touch. Which has till than lacked at least in this field.

They are however probably not much more scientifical than probably freudian
Psychanalysis from the point of view of modern psychiatry is. Both charming
theories, using only in rudiments here and there scientifical methods.

Best regards,






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