To: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: Israel
Date: Sat, 2 Sep 2000 09:28:24 -0700
[snip]
> "Israel" is a name, and no name "literally mean"s anything, though it may
> have a derivation or etymology and may be chosen because of that derivation.
> Let me recommend James Barr again for his expose of the "etymological
> fallacy" which applies to names even more than to other words.
See also D.A. Carson, "Exegetical Fallacies" which develops this
same thought under the heading "The root fallacy."