Re: [tied] Re: Elohim

The New Jerome Commentary suggests an even later date (4th-3rd c. BC). It seems its great antiquity is another myth, and that by the same token the form 'Elo:ah is not particularly old.

Piotr

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>
> *****GK: Here is what my trustworthy "Bible de
> Jerusalem" (p. 600. col. 1) has to say about this:
>
> "Le livre est posterieure a Jeremie at a Ezechiel,avec
> lesquels il a des contacts d'expression et de pensee,
> et sa langue est fortement teintee d'aramaismes. Cela
> nous reporte apres l'Exil, a un moment ou l'obsession
> du sort de la nation fait place au souci des destinees
> individuelles. La date la plus indiquee, mais sans
> raisons decisives, est le debut du Ve siecle avant
> notre ere." ******