Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] The abbreviated form for Lord
Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2013 08:17:02 +1000
Hi Chris,
There are a number of explanations offered for this, but here's my
contribution:
1. Deities in the ANE sometimes had more than one name/title. The two forms
could thus be legitimate variations.
2. A number of scholars consider ×××× itself to be an abbreviation of a
sentence name (based on Ex 3:15), so perhaps abbreviating names was not so
disrespectful as you suppose? (Obviously shortening Marduk to "Duck" would be
an exception ;-) ).