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  • From: "Giuseppe Regalzi" <regalzi AT iol.it>
  • To: "Biblical Hebrew" <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: R: SV: historiography (Jonathan: was Solomon)
  • Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2000 08:29:20 +0100


Ian Hutchesson wrote:

>Another item of note is the son of Arpachshad in Jubilees is one
>Cainan, who, unlike Genesis, is the father of Shelah and thus an
>ancestor of the Hebrews. This fellow was responsible for the
>spreading of astrological knowledge and is therefore condemned.
>Now while I could imagine Genesis omitting this character, I can
>see no reason to spontaneously insert it, so I must conclude that
>it was likely part of the earlier tradition that was omitted by
>the "epitomising" Genesis.

Cainan is listed in the Septuagint version of Genesis, too.

Regards,

Giuseppe Regalzi




  • R: SV: historiography (Jonathan: was Solomon), Giuseppe Regalzi, 01/05/2000

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