I'm sorry your data on psalms has generated little interest. But here
is a subject which has generated interest, even heat. Wondell/Joseph
seems to have quoted your book as a source for Sumerian and/or
Akkadian background for the name YHWH. Can you (or other list members)
comment on this, or for that matter on what Albright, Layton etc may
have said on this? I do not have their works available here. Is there
any evidence that the name YHWH was borrowed from any other language
rather than being Hebrew or proto-Hebrew?
Peter Kirk
PS Thank you for your clear defence of for the pre-exilic dating of
much of the Hebrew Bible.
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Subject: Re[7]: YHWH vs. Yahweh
Author: gs02wmr AT panther.Gsu.EDU at internet
Date: 01/05/1999 10:05
On Sat, 1 May 1999, yahua'sef wrote:
> > Do you know of any linguistic evidence, rather than esoteric
> > speculation, for a Sumerian or even Akkadian (Mesopotamian Semitic)
> > background for any of these names?
Ah Found it!
Try these:
1. Yahweh and the Gods of Canaan : An Historical Analysis of Two
Contrasting Faiths. Albright, William. 1990. ISBN: 0931464013
(This book really gets into the Aramaic language and recalls several
Poetic stylings of early Hebrew writings and draws comparisons back to
ancient Sumeria.
2. El and Yahweh: The Early History and Formative Traditions of Ancient
Israel. Lloyd M. Barre. 1997. ISBN: 1581128959
3. Archaic Features of Canaanite Personal Names in the Hebrew Bible
(Harvard Semitic Monographs, No 47). Scott C. Layton. 1990. ISBN:
1555405134
4. The pre-hellenistic israelite anthroponymy and prosopography. Ran
Zadok.
5. Studies in third millennium Sumerian and Akkadian personal names : the
designation and conception of a personal god. Robert A. Di Vito.
Shalom.
Wondell M. Rachman
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