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[b-hebrew] Elohim (plural) as synecdoche

From: Oun Kwon <kwonbbl AT gmail.com>
To: B-Hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: [b-hebrew] Elohim (plural) as synecdoche
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2010 16:48:55 -0400

Is it possible to understand plural Elohim (as in Gen 1:1 ff) simply
as a literary synecdoche (totum pro parte), i.e. as "God over all
gods"?

Oun Kwon.

[b-hebrew] Elohim (plural) as synecdoche, Oun Kwon, 09/23/2010