Biblical Hebrew Forum

["yahua'sef" <gs02wmr AT panther.Gsu.EDU>]

On Sat, 1 May 1999, yahua'sef wrote:
> > Do you know of any linguistic evidence, rather than esoteric 
> > speculation, for a Sumerian or even Akkadian (Mesopotamian Semitic) 
> > background for any of these names?

Ah Found it!

Try these:

1.  Yahweh and the Gods of Canaan : An Historical Analysis of Two
Contrasting Faiths. Albright, William. 1990. ISBN: 0931464013  

(This book really gets into the Aramaic language and recalls several
Poetic stylings of early Hebrew writings and draws comparisons back to
ancient Sumeria.

2. El and Yahweh: The Early History and Formative Traditions of Ancient
Israel. Lloyd M. Barre. 1997. ISBN: 1581128959

3. Archaic Features of Canaanite Personal Names in the Hebrew Bible
(Harvard Semitic Monographs, No 47). Scott C. Layton. 1990.  ISBN:
1555405134 

4. The pre-hellenistic israelite anthroponymy and prosopography. Ran
Zadok.

5. Studies in third millennium Sumerian and Akkadian personal names : the
designation and conception of a personal god. Robert A. Di Vito.  



Shalom.

Wondell M. Rachman