From: "C. Stirling Bartholomew" <jacksonpollock AT earthlink.net>
To: hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: [b-hebrew] g(r Psa. 106:9 - exorcism?
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 13:09:57 -0800
Psa. 106:9 wyg(r byM-swP
Psa. 106:9 He rebuked the Red Sea
J.A. Fitzmyer* suggests that g(r is sometimes used as a technical term for
exorcism. I am specifically focusing on the use of g(r with YAM (sea) as an
object. Fitzmyer** suggests that the verbal address is not directed at what
a modern would think of as the sea but rather at some spiritual entity and
that the verbal address functions as an exorcism.
Comments?
greetings,
Clay Bartholomew
*A Wandering Aramean, J.A. Fitzmyer, Page 97.,
**Luke 1-9 (AnchorBible v.28) J.A. Fitzmyer, pages 546,730.
[b-hebrew] g(r Psa. 106:9 - exorcism?,
C. Stirling Bartholomew, 12/13/2004