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  • From: James Christian <jc.bhebrew AT googlemail.com>
  • To: Jason Hare <jaihare AT gmail.com>
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] ANE Myth and Torah
  • Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2010 10:10:53 +0200

As far as I can see there is nothing to argue. The hypothesis is so
blatantly ridiculous and so contrary to the general message of the Torah
that it is not even worth considering.

James Christian

2010/2/26 Jason Hare <jaihare AT gmail.com>

> Hey, folks.
>
> I'm looking for someone information on ANE myth studies that come from
> more of a traditionalist position, not assuming that the Torah is a
> re-hashing of ANE myths and such. Could anyone provide me with such
> resources?
>
> More specifically, I'm looking for information about Deut 32:8-9, in
> which many arguers today claim that there is evidence that Y-H-V-H is
> portrayed as a son of El (based on some Qumran text and Syriac
> translations, I think). Do you perhaps have information on this
> specific verse? Arguments against the idea that these two verses are
> part of a pre-Torah myth about Elyon dividing the nations up among the
> sons of El, of which Y-H-V-H is one? I'd never heard this story as
> appearing in the Torah until this week, and I'm looking for arguments
> against it.
>
> Thanks,
> Jason Hare
> Rehovot, Israel
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