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  • From: Lloyd Barre <barre AT c-zone.net>
  • To: "B-Hebrew" <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
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  • Subject: The Sons of El
  • Date: 18 Jan 99 18:42:12 -0800

Dear List Members,

I am interested in your opinions on Deut 32:7-9.  I have provided a summary of my view on 
it to get things going.

Thank you.

Lloyd Barre


Think back to the older days,
think over the years, down the ages.
Ask of your father, let him teach you;
of your elders, let them enlighten you:

When Elyon gave the nations their inheritance,
when he divided the sons of men,
he fixed their bounds according to the number of the sons of El, 
Yahweh's portion is his people,
Jacob his inheritance.


The introduction begins with the statement that a student may learn of an ancient event, the 
knowledge of which first came to his grandfather's generation.  The event was an executive 
decision by El who assigned his divine "sons" to rule over various peoples.  Here Yahweh is 
made the preeminent "son of El" who has been assigned the people of Jacob.  This  
theological scheme is illustrated in the following diagram:

                                          El
                                        |
                                  Sons of  El
                                        |
Chemosh        Dagon          Baal    Yahweh        Milcom       Hadad        Qos
        |                     |                 |              |              |                   |              |
   Moab           Philistia       Canaan     Jacob        Ammon        Aram      Edom



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