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Re: Referent elohim Gen 5:24

From: c stirling bartholomew <cc.constantine AT worldnet.att.net>
To: Penner <pennerkm AT mcmaster.ca>, 'Biblical Hebrew' <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: Referent elohim Gen 5:24
Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 19:01:06 -0800

on 11/21/01 1:58 PM, Penner wrote:

>> James C. VanderKam* suggests that in Gen. 5:24 the referent
>> of ha)elohim differs from the referent of elohim (end of verse).
>> VanderKam bases this on the use of ha)elohim for Angels.
>
> This of course is how 1 Enoch 12:1 and Jubilees 4:21-23 interpret it (I
> expect VanderKam refers to these texts to support his suggestion).

Ken,

You are right. VanderKam* discusses 1 Enoch 12:1 (page 28) and Jubilees
4:21-23 (pp. 115-16) and he shows how these texts interpret ha)elohim in
Gen. 5:24 as angels.

Thanks for pointing this out.

Greetings,

Clay

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Clayton Stirling Bartholomew
Three Tree Point
P.O. Box 255 Seahurst WA 98062

*Enoch, a man for all generations, James C. VanderKam. U. South
Carolina1995, page 13.

Referent elohim Gen 5:24, c stirling bartholomew, 11/21/2001
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