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  • From: Peter_Kirk AT SIL.ORG
  • To: yonsaf AT beitberl.beitberl.ac.il, b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu
  • Subject: Re[2]: Historiography and Peter
  • Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 16:12:32 -0500 (EST)



How do you justify the rendering of ):ELIYLIYM in Psalm 96:5 as
"godlets"? Surely it is clear, at least in Isaiah 2 and Leviticus,
that this word means idols made by hand from precious metals, rather
than any kind of spiritual or supernatural entity. Thus this verse is
a strong statement of monotheism. The previous verse of course looks
like henotheism when taken out of context, but verse 5 makes clear how
it was meant by the psalmist.

And Jephthah was very likely not an Israelite at all, and so cannot be
taken as an argument for Israelite religion.

None of your evidence has any bearing on the religion of Moses' time,
which was the point of my posting - except for the monotheism of the
Ten Commandments which (unlike much of the historical record I grant)
are explicitly stated as having been written down by Moses (Exodus
34:28). Surely if anything survived from that early time, it would
have been those tablet of ten words.

Peter Kirk


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Subject: Re: Historiography and Peter
Author: yonsaf AT beitberl.beitberl.ac.il at internet
Date: 17/02/1999 02:34


<snip>
Many psalms indicate a henotheistic belief: 29, 95-99, and more.
"Ascribe ye to YHWH, O ye sons of the gods!"; "Bow down to him, all ye
gods"; "For all the gods of the Gentiles are but godlets, while YHWH has
created the heavens!"
In Jud. 11, Jephthah writes the king of Ammon that Chemosh has given the
Ammonites their land, YHWH has given the Israelites their land, so why
are you making trouble?
<snip>





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