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  • From: George Athas <gathas AT mail.usyd.edu.au>
  • To: "yahua'sef" <gs02wmr AT panther.Gsu.EDU>
  • Cc: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: Aleph Lamech
  • Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1999 09:42:41 +1000


The deity "El" was a very common deity in the Fertile Crescent, mostly in
Syria-Palestine. He was
viewed as the father of the pantheon of gods and his wife was Asherah. He
presided over the divine
assembly as a kind of divine president, much like Greek Zeus (though El
probably corresponds more
with Kronos). At a later stage, El was essentially supplanted by Baal as the
president deity. His
name is also used as a common noun for "god". We can compare this with "Zeus"
whose name might be
derived from an Indo-Aryan word meaning "god". (Compare the word in many
modern languages - 'Deus'.
The Roman god, Jupiter was the "Deo-Pater", the "father-god" or "godfather".)

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  • Aleph Lamech, yahua'sef, 06/10/1999
    • <Possible follow-up(s)>
    • Re: Aleph Lamech, Fred P Miller, 06/10/1999
    • Re: Aleph Lamech, George Athas, 06/10/1999

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