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Dear Friends:
    The best guide to gender for *elohim* would seem to be verb forms used 
with the noun.  When this noun is used (quite frequently!) of the God of 
Israel, the corresponding verb is in a masculine singular form.  In 1 Kings 
11:33, the noun is used of a female deity worshipped by Israel's neighbors.  
In that same sentence (I Kings 11:33), the word "elohim" is used of male 
non-Israelite deities, as well.
    But there would seem to be no evidence that the noun itself is feminine.  
This is how it looks to me, anyway.
     Rev. Reggie Ponder, Jr.
     Mt Tirzah United Methodist Church
     Timberlake, NC USA


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I callled Hendrickson Publishing in Peabody, MA this morning.  When I spo=
ke to a very charming sales representative called Betty, I was told that =
the BH is available for $49.  When I mentioned the SBL offer she checked =
and found out that it is availble at that price (plus $3.shipping & handl=
ing) to anyone who calls and says s/he is an SBL member.

On another matter (about which there is an e-mail awaiting me that I have=
 not read), I consulted Goshen-Gottstein's edition of the Aleppo Codex =
at Spertus College here in Chicago.  It is very luxurious and easy to rea=
d although the copyist did not worry himself (assuming that this was Ahar=
on Ben Asher as Goshen-Gottstein and appparently the Rambam contend) abou=
t spaces between words.  It does show Kri-Ketiv differences and is furnis=
hed with a masorah.  (Spertus has it with its art books and make it quite=
 clear that this was NOT for photocopying.  I must stress again that almo=
st all of the Torah is missing from the Codex at this point (since 1947-4=
8) because Amazon has a very unhelpful review which implies that the Alep=
po codex has an enlarged Bet at Gen 1:1

                                                                       =
                                        Stephen Oren
                                                                       =
                                        Chicago, IL

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> At 10:38 AM 11/20/00 +0800, you wrote:
> >Hi Jim
> >
> >Will this be the same quality and page size, - I wonder if it is a cop=
y of
> >the Eerdmans/Brill
> >facsimile?
>
>
> no- that was a photographic reprint.  photos of the actual pages.
> This is a printed version- printed and about the same size as BHS.
>
> >That facsimile sold here for about $500.  It is remarkable that
> >Hendrickson can publish it for $19!!!!
>
> well its 19 if ya get it here at the sbl.  39 is the regular price but =
to my
> mind WELL worth even that!
>
> I am excitedly anticipating its appearence in January.  (hopefully befo=
re
> jan 6th which is when i leave for the Ein Gedi dig for 16 days... givin=
g me
> something to do while on free time).
>
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>
> Jim West, ThD
> Adjunct Professor of Bible, Quartz Hill School of Theology
> Adjunct Professor of Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Hudson College
>
> http://web.infoave.net/~jwest
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