Biblical Hebrew Forum

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

> The bull of El is probably to be identified with the west-semitic Baal,
> both in
> his relationship with Ishtar, but also as turtanu of El, fighting with
> Gilgamesh (identified as a god with Nergal, the lord of the Underworld),
> which story is paralleled by the Ugaritic myth of Baals fight with Mot.

In Ugaritic, at least as I recall, "the bull" is one of the epithets of El,
hence we read "The bull, El."  I have no idea what the significance
of that is, I just thought I'd toss it out FWIW.


Dave Washburn
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"Éist le glór Dé."