Tag: El/Elohim

Were Yahweh and El Good Buddies?

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This page contains significant comments to a post in the Bible Nerds section titled Were Yahweh and El, the Chief god of the Canaanite Pantheon, Good Buddies? at Biblical Studies Academy stemming from the OP by Ron Gamache dated 12/29/2024. Following is a paragraph with the question from the Original Post; Can the biblical scholars […]

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Hosea the Book

The prophet Hosea is said to be a native of the northern kingdom who prophesied in the time of Jeroboam II (who reigned until 747 B.C.E.) and continued into the reign of Israel’s last king, also named Hosea. The prophet appears not to have seen the fall of Israel in 722. Hosea is one of […]

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Melchizedek

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Melchizedek: How a Literary Phantom Became an Eternal Priest and Savior of Israel, September 21, 2024, by Paul Davidson at https://isthatinthebible.wordpress.com/. The text below are extracts from his very in-depth article and are included her as my “talking points”. End extracts from Paul Davidson’s post.

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Names of God

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Praying (and Pronouncing) the Names of God – As spoken by Tony Evans The Names of God in the Old Testament – Pronunciation and frequency of use plus more. Parsing the Divine Name by Ronald S. Hendel at BAR. Shorter version is here. Articles in BAR often write “Yahweh” as the name of ancient Israel’s God. This concerns some […]

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