Biblical Hebrew Forum

[barre AT access1.com]

To Whom it may concern:

>From before the Menerptah stele (c. 1220) to the graffito of Kintullet 
>Ajrud, El and not 
Yahweh was the high god of Israel proper (the northern tribes).  El and 
Yahweh came to 
have the same relationship as Canaanite El and Baal and Aramean El and Hadad. 
 
Syncretistic motivated by attempts at social cohesion have obscured the 
identity and role of 
El in ancient Israel.  As a result, we can only conclude that much past, 
present and likely 
future research into the history of Israelite religion is skewed and 
therefore fatally flawed.  We 
may also predict that theological concern of both Judaism and Christianity 
will throw up 
strong psychological resistance to a historical thesis that is virtually 
certain.  Sorry but there is 
not one god of the Old Testament but two.

Thank you.

Shalom





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L.M. Barre, Ph.D.

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