Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Paul Zellmer <zellmer AT cag.pworld.net.ph>]

Bryan asked me to forward this.

Jonathan, what do you suggest Bryan does to solve the problems with
UNC?  Does he need to resubscribe?  I've got another note from him that
has the correct address, but it also appears not to have gotten through.

Paul

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Ibanag Translation Project
Cabagan, Philippines

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• From: B Rocine <596547 AT ican.net>
• To: b-hebrew AT virginia.edu
• Subject: Re: Ba(al se(ar in 2 Ki 1:8
• Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1998 19:04:26 -0400

Sorry, folks if this gets to you as a repeat message. I've been trying to
mail the UNC address for days without success, so being the computer geek
that I am I thought, heh, what if I try the old address...

>Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1998 14:26:25
>To: Paul Kissling <pjk AT voyager.net>
>From: B Rocine <596547 AT ican.net>
>Subject: Re: Ba(al se(ar in 2 Ki 1:8
>Cc: b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu
>
>Dear Paul, et al,
>
>Thanks for your comments! Would you also find this a possibility: Might
the term _Ba(al se(ar_ be referring Elijah as the Ba(al of the _xebel
nabi)im_? This would be viewing _se(ar_ as a figure, specifically a
metonym, for the band of hairy-garmented prophets.
>
>How do you think the answer, that Elijah was a hairy man, fits as an answer
to Ahaziah's question, "What was the manner(_mi$Pat_) of the man?"
>
>Shalom,
>Bryan
>
>
>At 02:58 PM 8/18/98 -0400, you wrote:
>>Bryan,
>>
>>Ba'al se'ar does not necessarily refer to clothing. See Hobbs and my
>>Reliable
>>Characters in the Primary History. JSOTSup 1996. I argue that Elijah is a
"lord of
>>hair" or "hairy man" in contrast to Elisha who is mocked for being bald. I
suspect
>>that the reference is forward to the other corresponding section of a
rather tight
>>chiasm in chapters 1 and 2 of II Kings.
>>
>>Paul Kissling
>>
>
B. M. Rocine
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Church of the Living Word
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