Saturday, March 28, 2020

Marvin H. Pope's Discussion of El


From the book El in the Ugaritic Texts, published by Brill.

See https://archive.org/details/elintheugaritictexts/page/n3/mode/2up

4 comments:

  1. Is there any reference to Deuteronomy 10:17? I have not found it yet.

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  2. Deut. 10:17 does not appear in the indices, but the verse is probably not vital for the book's main thesis--the main idea that he's trying to develop.

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  3. I have pondered another reason to the ubiquitous usage of EL in proper names and its origins based on its pictographic form. A culture of cattle herding. Normally the ox head is defined as power and the staff as authority but they sit squarely within a context that saw herds as a sign of power and prestige.

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  4. I think that Job testifies to the cattle culture.

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