On 7/13/06, K Randolph wrote:
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>> While $amayim may usually used as a natural
> > term, examples such as Job 28:12-13 suggest that a
> > parallelism with $mym does not deny the meaning as the
> > great Chaotic Sea god that God vanquished in bringing
> > order to the world.
> >
> For crying out loud, Job is poetry. Even in poetry, there is
> absolutely no reference to God vanquishing the deep, rather the
> subject of this passage is where wisdom comes from. This
> anthropomorphizing the deep is no different than saying that the trees
> clap their hands in joy (Isaiah 55:12). By the way, you got the verse
> numbers wrong.
While I consider my reply to Karl and James, I just wanted to point
out that Karl is absolutely right on this last sentence. Job 26:12-13 is
intended. Sorry for the confusion.
Yitzhak Sapir
http://toldot.blogspot.com
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