From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 17704
Date: 2003-01-17
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From: "Robert B Wilson" <han_solo55@...>
To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2003 11:52 PM
Subject: Re: [tied] Re: Elohim
> isn't Job the oldest book of the Bible or something like that?
I'm not an expert, but yes, I remember reading it's believed to be "pre-Mosaic" (late 2nd millennium BC?) at any rate. At the same time, it has a distinctly foreign flavour and contains numerous Arabisms and Aramaisms. Perhaps the characteristic word for "God" is one of them.
Piotr