Biblical Hebrew Forum

[George Athas <George.Athas AT moore.edu.au>]

Kristian, I'm not sure your analogy works here. The noun אל is indeed common, 
but it often functions as a proper noun. Certainly that's the case outside 
the biblical literature. The question is whether this trend can also be found 
in the biblical literature. As yet, I have not found a specific argument that 
precludes it.

Also, bear in mind that not everyone on B-Hebrew comes from a Christian 
background, so please be mindful of that when you address people on the list.

You also should change the subject line to reflect the actual discussion.


GEORGE ATHAS
Director of Postgraduate Studies,
Moore Theological College (moore.edu.au)
Sydney, Australia



From: sugiyarto Kristian 
<kristiansugiyarto AT yahoo.com<mailto:kristiansugiyarto AT yahoo.com>>
Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2011 21:34:50 -0700
To: B-Hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org<mailto:b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>>
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] b-hebrew Digest, Vol 104, Issue 3

Dear brother in Christ
"El" as "the chief of God' does not neccessarily to be a proper noun/name. 
Consider in militay system. "General" is the highest position compare to 
Leutnan, Major,  and so on, but no doubt "General" is a common noun. Thus in 
the case of 'El" found in archeology we should need much more data how many 
words of El were treated in that. In Tanakh, El is absolutely common noun. 
There is no way one word can be both common and proper noun. Kristian H. 
Sugiyarto
Indonesia