To: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: RE: h'lhym
Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2002 09:12:02 -0400
>===== Original Message From Peter Kirk <Peter_Kirk AT sil.org> =====
>The raw data certainly shows a decided shift from ELOHIM towards
>HA'ELOHIM in prose (not in poetry, except perhaps Ecclesiastes) in the
>books traditionally considered post-exilic.
This exception would make sense, in light of the diminished use of the
article
in poetry overall. (Ecclesiastes probably falls somewhere between poetry and
prose.)