From: "Jeremy L. Sasser" <jlsasser AT fish.pair.com>
To: barre AT freedsl.com
Cc: biblical hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: Re: SV: Elohim -- human or divine in Psalm 82?
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 18:44:21 -0400 (EDT)
That doesn't make sense at all...
Sh'ma Yisrael YHWH Eloheinu YHWH Echad.
How can YHWH and El be a separate gods???
Jeremy
On Thu, 31 Aug 2000 barre AT freedsl.com wrote:
> Actually, no, not originally. El is a northwest Semitic deity known
> at Ugaritic but also from Aram. Yahweh Sabaoth hails from Edom and
> the southern desert regions. El heads a pantheon while Yahweh rules
> alone. If it weren't for various syncretistic techniques used, there
> would be no reason to equate these two gods.
>
> I have posted at my website a study called "The Yahwistic Editing of
> the Elohistic Psalter" for anyone interested in distinction between
> El and Yahweh.
>
> angelfire.com/ca2/AncientIsrael/edit.html
>
>
> L.M. Barre, Ph.D.
> Angelfire.com/ca2/AncientIsrael
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