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  • From: "Read, James C" <K0434995 AT kingston.ac.uk>
  • To: <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [b-hebrew] yhwh v. messengers
  • Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2005 22:49:28 +0100


Another fine example which shows the tanakh's faint distinction between men,
yah and his messengers is
Genesis 32:24-30. We are told here that Jacob grapples all night with a
'man'. Are we to take this literally
and understand that Jacob fought with a mortal man? Clearly not! Because the
context makes it clear that
this was just language which conveyed the point of view in that moment.
Jacob' receives a blessing and we are told that his name is chaged to Israel
(contender with God) yet we
are told that he ocntended with a 'man'.
In conclusion we are told that Jaco concludes that he had come face to face
with The God. This is a fine
example of how Yah's messengers take the form of men and are then referred to
as if God himself when it
is finally perceived that they are his messengers.

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