From: CS Bartholomew <jacksonpollock AT earthlink.net>
To: b-hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Evil Impulses of the Heart
Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 08:48:52 -0800
On 3/11/04 3:10 AM, "Søren Holst" <sh AT teol.ku.dk> wrote:
> That would be the "yetzer ha-ra", I assume; yod-tsade-resh as in Gen 6,5 and
> 8,21, which is probably where the expression originates, although the
> technical term seems to be first found in Mishna Abot 2,11 and Tosefta Baba
> Qama 9,31.
>
> (this is just concordance work - some of the jewish list members are bound
> to
> have preciser info)
George,
More concordance work, take a look at Mishna Berakot 9:5.