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Re: Why Not?

From: "Jonathan D. Safren" <yonsaf AT beitberl.beitberl.ac.il>
To: Ken Litwak <kdlitwak AT concentric.net>
Cc: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: Why Not?
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 09:13:56 +0200

I haven't been following this thread very closely (not because of lack of interest but because of lack of time - I get guilt feelings just writing this letter!, but didn't Lloyd or anyone else cite Gen. 14: 18-19. where Melchizedek, Canaanite king of Shalem, blesses Abraham in the name of "El Elyon, Creator of Heaven and Earth" (I seem to remember mention of a Hittite 'el kunirsa), and Abraham swears (v. 22 by "YHWH El Elyon, Creator of Heaven and Earth" (YHWH missing in ancient translations). What light does that cast on the subject?
Sincerely,
Jonathan D. Safren
Dept. of Biblical Studies
Beit Berl College
Beit Berl Post Office 44905
Israel

Why Not?, Lloyd Barre, 01/24/1999
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: Why Not?, Mark & Mary Markham, 01/24/1999
- Re: Why Not?, Irene Riegner, 01/24/1999
- Re: Why Not?, Ken Litwak, 01/25/1999
- Re: Why Not?, Stephen C. Carlson, 01/25/1999
- Re: Why Not?, Jonathan D. Safren, 01/25/1999
- Re: Why Not?, Jonathan D. Safren, 01/25/1999
- Re: Why Not?, Irene Riegner, 01/25/1999
- Re: Why Not?, Andre Desnitsky, 01/25/1999
- Re: Why Not?, One of the McKays, 01/25/1999