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  • From: George Athas <George.Athas AT moore.edu.au>
  • To: B-Hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] barak (bless? curse?) in the Book of Job
  • Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 10:13:40 +1100

Just thinking aloud, here:

Is it possible that there is an underlying common sense to the word BRK which
covers both 'bless' and 'curse'? Perhaps its most basic meaning is 'to make a
big statement about someone or something'. This neutral meaning could then be
taken either positively ('bless') or negatively ('curse') in the context.
This would mean that there is not necessarily any scribal emendation involved
in Job 1.11.

I'm not aware of any particular support for this surmise. I figure there
would need to be cognate evidence to support it. Can anyone confirm or deny
it?


Regards,

GEORGE ATHAS
Moore Theological College (Sydney, Australia)
www.moore.edu.au





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