Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Dave Washburn" <dwashbur AT nyx.net>]

> Dear Noel,
> 
> My research has indicated that the notion of "hail mixed with fire", hurled
> from heaven by God upon Israel's enemies (Ex 9:24) that your question
> alludes to, is mirrored in Assyrian hymns to their national god, Asshur.
> 
"Mirrored"?  Hardly.  There are mentions of fire, nothing more.  
These references have nothing in common with the Exodus 
passage, especially since someone had to supply the word "hail" 
in the only passage mentioning "stones."  This looks like nothing 
but reaching to me, a common type of excessive effort to find 
"parallels" between biblical material and other ANE materials.  This 
one doesn't work.

Dave Washburn
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