To: "Biblical Hebrew" <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: R: SV: historiography (Jonathan: was Solomon)
Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2000 08:29:20 +0100
Ian Hutchesson wrote:
>Another item of note is the son of Arpachshad in Jubilees is one
>Cainan, who, unlike Genesis, is the father of Shelah and thus an
>ancestor of the Hebrews. This fellow was responsible for the
>spreading of astrological knowledge and is therefore condemned.
>Now while I could imagine Genesis omitting this character, I can
>see no reason to spontaneously insert it, so I must conclude that
>it was likely part of the earlier tradition that was omitted by
>the "epitomising" Genesis.
Cainan is listed in the Septuagint version of Genesis, too.
Regards,
Giuseppe Regalzi
R: SV: historiography (Jonathan: was Solomon),
Giuseppe Regalzi, 01/05/2000