Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Peter Kirk" <peterkirk AT ozemail.com.au>]

Interesting, but in case anyone is wondering it doesn't imply that the
derivation is late. For there is another similar parallel, Heb. SEREN
for the Philistine rulers and Greek "tyrant", and this is not a late
word. Also there is a non sequitur here: Gershonson states that Tityrus
comes from Satyrus, so by analogy Titan should come from Satan rather
than vice versa. Perhaps these are early loans from Semitic into Greek
rather than vice versa. Or perhaps all from a third language e.g. that
of the Philistines and other Sea Peoples.

Peter Kirk
peter.r.kirk AT ntlworld.com
http://web.onetel.net.uk/~peterkirk/
 

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> bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of jucci
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> Subject: [b-hebrew] Re: Satan
> 
> see also
> The Name Satan, By Daniel E. Gershenson
> Zeitschrift fur die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft 2002 - 114 - 3,
443-445
> 
> " ...There is a strong possibility that the name Satan is of Greek
origin.
> Since that is so,
> then its etymology will be Greek and will be >Titan<, parallelling the
> known etymology of
> the name Tityrus from the form Satyrus. This etymology, like that of
Satan,
> is from the con-servative
> area of religion. The Satyrs and Satan are similarly portrayed in
art".
> see also
> J.B.Russell,   Il  diavolo  nel mondo  antico, 1989, Roma-Bari 1989
etc.
> rev. Bibbia e Oriente 173, 34 (1992), 189-190.
> 
> 
> At 06.59 22/01/03 -0800, you wrote:
> >Dear Friends, I am currently doing some research on the
> >subject of 'satan'
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Elio Jucci
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