Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Hedrick Gary <GaryH AT cjfm.org>]

This is deconstructionism at its best (or worst, depending on your 
perspective).

The text speaks for itself:

בְּהַנְחֵל עֶלְיֹון גֹּויִם בְּהַפְרִידֹו בְּנֵי אָדָם יַצֵּב גְּבֻלֹת 
עַמִּים לְמִסְפַּר בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

כִּי חֵלֶק יְהֹוָה עַמֹּו יַעֲקֹב חֶבֶל נַחֲלָתֹֽו׃ 

I should think the burden of proof is on the proponents of this theory to 
demonstrate that it is true, rather than on the rest of us to show that it's 
not.

Are you sure there are "many" arguers for it?

Gary Hedrick
San Antonio, Texas USA

On Feb 25, 2010, at 5:19 PM, Jason Hare wrote:

> 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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