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In a message dated 2/11/2003 5:50:32 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
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> If the SONS OF GOD in Job are angels, then in Bereshit 6, who are?
> 
Members of the pantheon.

gfsomsel
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The adversary as one of God's agents: This creative suggestion by =
Tur-Sinai, now well entrenched in our minds and literature, and based on =
the notion that such an official existed in Persian times, has been =
shown [Adolphe Lods] to be without any historical foundation.

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>
> The adversary as one of God's agents: This creative
> suggestion by Tur-Sinai, now well entrenched in our minds and
> literature, and based on the notion that such an official
> existed in Persian times, has been shown [Adolphe Lods] to be
> without any historical foundation.
>
What's without any historical foundation?
TAD A4.5 mentions gau$kiaya, which Porten translates as
"the king's ears." He says these are intelligence agents known
from classical sources. They are listed along with judges and
police (tipatiya) in that letter.
Liz