> Does anyone have any idea why all the angels seem to have Elohistic
> theophoric names?
Perhaps it stems back to the El traditions which see El as the president of
the gods who
has various other lesser gods doing his bidding or doing their own thing with
El's
sanction? Cf. Psalm 82.
Best regards,
George Athas
Dept of Semitic Studies,
University of Sydney
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