Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Lisbeth S. Fried" <lizfried AT umich.edu>]

Dave wrote:
 In any event, her use of Elohim should make
> it clear that
> she is not claiming she saw nothing more than a reincarnation
> of Samuel in
> his regular old body.
Dear Dave,
It's not a *reincarnation*. That would imply that at one point
he didn't have a body, and now had one. The point is that
he rose out of the ground in the form he had under the ground.
That form wore a cloak.
She saw gods coming out, i.e, she saw immortal beings.
Beings that were still living --in their body -- after they had died.
I hadn't thought about the plural verb.
Someone must have accompanied Samuel.
The Hebrew bible does not know of disembodied spirits or
of disembodied gods or God.
I suspect the NT doesn't either until you get to G. John.
Liz
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