From: "Brian Sullivan" <bsullivan AT dingoblue.net.au>
To: "b-Hebrew" <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: RE: ABH Gen 31:42, 51-53 the Dread of Isaac
Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2001 20:42:30 +1000
Greetings to all,
In Genesis 31 Laban and Jacob
swear a covenant. Laban swears by the god of hiws forefathers but Jacob
swears by the ' Dread of his father Isaac ' (Rotherhams transl ).
To my ears this reads like a title. eg the NAB reads the Awesome One, but other
renderings translate pachad as fear: 'the 'fear' of his father
Isaac .'
Is the word used as a divine title? Is
it used as a title of YHWH?
Or was such a
title used for local gods in Canaan?
Yours Sinerely,
Brian
Sullivan
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RE: ABH Gen 31:42, 51-53 the Dread of Isaac,
Brian Sullivan, 06/25/2001