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[b-hebrew] IaBe = YHWH or IaBe = Jove? Dyeus

From: <tladatsi AT charter.net>
To: <eliyahu5733 AT gmail.com>
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Subject: [b-hebrew] IaBe = YHWH or IaBe = Jove? Dyeus
Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2005 13:04:02 -0400

Sorry, this is slightly off topic but the Latin Deus is the
cognate to the Greek Theos, not Zeus. The Latin cognate to
to the Greek Zeus is Jupiter (Jovis Pater or "Father
Jove"). Jovis and Zeus both derive from the Indo-European
root workd *dyeus* meaning Sky or Shine, they were both sky
gods.

Jack Tladatsi

[b-hebrew] IaBe = YHWH or IaBe = Jove? Dyeus, tladatsi, 07/24/2005