To: "'Biblical Hebrew'" <b-hebrew AT franklin.metalab.unc.edu>
Subject: R: RE: El Shaddai
Date: Wed, 25 Dec 2002 04:37:55 +0100
I wonder how the notions of Shaddai we have relate
to the temple text from Deir Alla, a text from the
8th/7th century BCE also known as the Balaam text,
which talks of the Shaddayin gods.
"The Shaddayin gods took their place in the
divine assembly (moed)..."