Biblical Hebrew Forum

[barre AT freedsl.com]

The story appears to be an etiological cult legend, intended to tell
the story of how Penuel came to be named.  But is also tells how
Jacob came to be called Israel, the latter being non-traditional but
suddenly adopted.  I suspect that this story was told when Israel
adopted that name after the takeover or better reorganization of
Canaan in the 13th century.

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L.M. Barre, Ph.D.
Angelfire.com/ca2/AncientIsrael
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