Biblical Hebrew Forum

[James Christian <jc.bhebrew AT googlemail.com>]

Thanks Karl. What do you think about the force of the use of Elohim in the
creation account? Do you see it used as a proper name as I do? I've been
thinking of preserving this by not translating the name such that we get
sentences like:
'In the beginning Elohim made the...'

James Christian

2009/9/23 K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>

> James:
>
> On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 2:54 AM, James Christian
> <jc.bhebrew AT googlemail.com>wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> > …
> > However, these verses in the LXX are pretty much consistently translated
> ὁ
> > θεὸς with the definite article it titular fashion.…
> > James Christian
>
>
> Koiné Greek sprinkles definite articles around with a liberality I have not
> seen in any other language, even with proper names. So don’t make too much
> of it.
>
> This is another example of why one should not treat translations as
> authoritative.
>
> Karl W. Randolph.
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