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  • From: "Peter Kirk"<peter_kirk AT sil.org>
  • To: <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: Gigamesh and Gen 8:21
  • Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2000 00:53:10 -0500


"The lord", especially with a small l (which suggests that the
reference is to a member of the House of Lords), is not an accurate
translation of YHWH. YHWH is a name, so it cannot really be
translated, but any attempt at "translation" should be an
unambiguously divine name.

Of course real difference between Genesis and Gilgamesh is the
montheistic framework of Genesis, with no other gods taking any part
even in a worldwide event.

Peter Kirk


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Subject: Gigamesh and Gen 8:21
Author: <nor AT iol.ie> at Internet
Date: 15/01/2000 16:10


Hello all

Concerning the following two lines

The gods smelled a sweet savor. Epic of Gilgamesh tablet XI:160
The lord smelled a sweet savor Gen. 8:21

Are these accurate translations of the lines, i.e. Are the Akkadian and
Hebrew t
ranslations equivalent, or are there more accurate variants?

Regards
Noel O Riordan





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