To: "Liz Fried" <lizfried AT umich.edu>, "Hebrew" <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Cc:
Subject: RE: [b-hebrew] qetseph in 2Ki 3:27
Date: Sat, 05 Jul 2003 14:57:46 -0500
Dear Liz:
Though pharaoh considered himself a god, did the writer of Genesis agree with
that? I dont thinks so. My understanding of Genesis indicates that the
writer thereof considered pharaoh a person of very high status, but still
just a man.
Karl W. Randolph.
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From: "Liz Fried" <lizfried AT umich.edu>
> Dear Karl,
> Just a note to point out that it is not merely a superior to an inferior,
> it is always from a god (except in Esther).
> Pharaoh is a god.
> Liz
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: b-hebrew-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org
> > as a verb, it is always from a superior onto an
> > inferior, e.g. pharoah onto his baker and cupbearer, God onto Israel.
> >
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